Juntos resistimos, separados caímos: vivências de familiares cuidadores de pacientes oncológicos em cuidados paliativos

Objectives: Describing the experience of family caregivers of cancer patients in palliative care and to analyze the implications for nursing care. Methods: Descriptive study of a qualitative approach, with collection through open semi-structured interview and transcripts submitted to Content Analysis. Results: Through of analyze was constructed three units: “Goodbye Blue Sky: Life Terminality, Cancer and Palliative Care,” approaching the impact and migration to palliative care suggesting coping aid; “Take a deep breath: challenges of family caregivers”, regarding caregiver choice, deprivation and financial hardship; “Bigger than words: experiences that marked”, emphasizing the impact of diagnosis and cancer pain as more significant experiences. Final considerations: It is necessary to listen, give voice and know the life history of family caregivers for the satisfactory planning and promotion of nursing care and health education