Current panorama of the theory of travelbee: an integrative review

The objective of this study was to systematize scientific production about the current literature panorama based on Joyce Travelbee Theory. An integrative review based on the databases of the Virtual Health Library (VHL), the Portal of Periodicals CAPES and EBSCO-HOST. The descriptors were: "Psychiatric Nursing" AND "Nurses-Patient Relationship" AND "Nursing Theory". Publications were included in English, Spanish and Portuguese and were available electronically in full. Letters to the editor and those published outside the period 2012-2017 were excluded. The study population was 3,078 articles, but only five answered the guiding question and the selection criteria. These articles were organized into frames and content analysis was performed with categorization of the findings. It was evidenced that the majority of the publications were national ones, predominantly of 2015, with level of evidence VI. The studies allowed the study to generate two categories of discussion, the first one is: Travelbee Theory and the mental health area; and the second one is: Travelbee Theory and the specific contexts of Nursing. It was possible to verify the importance and the presence that this theoretical reference still has in scientific journals, even though decades have passed since the last publication of the theory. Therefore, one point is the promotion of the adoption of Travelbee referential in the academic and professional environments in which the Nursing discipline is applied.