Aesthetic nursing: advances, dilemmas, and perspectives

Abstract

The aim of this literary review was to emphasize the role of nursing in relation to aesthetics, as well as the advances, dilemmas, and perspectives in the area. This is a bibliographic study carried out in the LILACS and SciELO databases and the websites of the Federal Nursing Council (Cofen) and Regional Nursing Councils (Corens), in addition to lawsuits on Aesthetic Nursing. There is a small amount of national scientific material that gathers detailed and accurate information on the aesthetic procedures that can be performed by the esthetic nurse, as well as his skills in this area. In addition, Cofen Resolution No. 529/16, which regulates the performance of nurses in the field of Aesthetics, is partially suspended due to injunctions. It is concluded that the role of the nursing professional is of paramount importance for the patient who undergoes aesthetic procedures, offering well-being, guidance, recommendations, in addition to comprehensive and humanized care for the individual. It also emphasizes the need to promote debates and events to increase the adhesion of professionals and raise public and society's awareness of the dilemmas involving Aesthetic Nursing.