Humanization of care for people living with HIV / AIDS: integrative review

Introduction: AIDS is a chronic disease caused by the HIV retrovirus that, when in the body causes chronic and progressive immune dysfunction due to the decline of CD4 lymphocyte levels. In face of the discrimination a person living with HIV/AIDS suffers, it is a great challenge for the health practitioner to develop a communication bond with the patient. Objective: Pointing through the literature the benefits of humanized treatment in nursing to patients with HIV/AIDS. Method: integrative review of the literature, searching through the databases SCIELO, LILACS and BDENF crossing three descriptors: HIV, nursing care, humanization of assistance. Articles with complete texts published between 2013 and 2018 were included. Results: 200 articles were found and, after analysis, 12 articles were kept for discussion. Conclusion: Respect for the singularities of each patient and the sensitivity to the difficulties faced by people living with HIV/AIDS may guide humanized nursing care, which is capable of improving the acceptance of the diagnosis of the disease, of promoting self-preservation and consequent adherence to the treatment, besides contributing to the increase of self-esteem, quality of life and trust in the team that accompanies their treatment.