Gestational diabetes mellitus (DMG) is a more common metabolic problem in pregnancy

and is dened as glucose intolerance of dierent degrees with diagnosis during the second or third

quarters of pregnancy, which may or may not persist after delivery. DMG is characterized by having

a multifactorial etiology and dicult to control, which makes a broad approach in which the success

of treatment is directly linked to nursing actions developed for this public, especially prenatal care. In

addition, proper and early diagnosis of diabetes not only allows you to perceive changes in glucose

tolerance but also allow the adoption of therapeutic measures to preserve the health of the maternal and

complication caused by gestational diabetes mellitus (Marques et al., 2020; Batista et al., 2021; Sousa

et al. 2022; SILVA et al., 2016).

Risk factors that contribute to the occurrence of DMG are overweight or obesity, arterial

obstetric history of macrosomia, fetal or neonatal death (Mariano TF et al., 2021).

Early diagnosis of pregnant women with DMG is of paramount importance, so it is essential

glucose measurement is done after 8 hours fasting and also by the oral glucose tolerance test around the

twentieth Eighth Week during prenatal consultation (Almeida et al., 2017; Santos et al., 2021, Ferreira

et al., 2021).

However, nursing consultation becomes crucial as it allows you to identify and implement

actions to promote, prevent and recover the health of the pregnant woman. Regarding gestational

this work, in order to obtain greater accuracy and appropriate knowledge during the treatment period.

In addition, the following guiding question is established: What will be the nursing care directed to

women with gestational diabetes? Thus, the present study aims to conduct a search in the literature on

how to attend women with gestational diabetes by the nursing team.

This study is an integrative literature review based on a qualitative exploratory research

strategy. Integrative review is a research method that seeks to integrate and synthesize results from

dierent studies on a particular theme. The construction of the literature review is divided into six

stages for its construction: preparation of the guiding question, search or sampling in the literature, data

collection, critical analysis of the included studies, discussion of results and presentation of integrative

January and February 2024, from the selection of the descriptors registered in the Decs (descriptors in

Health Sciences): Nursing, Diabetes Mellitus, Pregnancy. Searches for the articles were performed at

the Virtual Health Library (BVS), with the help of Boolean operator “and”. The online databases used

were: Lilacs (Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Science), and BDENF - Nursing.

During the research, 18 articles were found, all of them in Lilacs, among the studies sought, 6 of

total reading of articles, only 4 studies were selected in this review.

The data were selected as presented in Table 1, and the results were discussed according to

the relevant literature.

team allows the patient to have more safety in the management of the disease. The interaction of

professionals, especially that of the nurse with the patient, is paramount, since he is a professional who

is directly linked to care.

gestational diabetes, nurses’ guidelines regarding healthy eating and the benets of physical activity

allows pregnant women to adopt a new life habit and promote improvements in your self -care. The

promotion of this conversation between patient and nurse during prenatal care brings improvements

in the pregnant women’s choices and decreases possible complications that would occur until delivery.

woman and her family members who are directly involved in pregnancy, such as: approach to the

the chances of DMG complications are minimal. (Schmalfuss et al., 2014).

professionals to provide better assistance to women with gestational diabetes mellitus. Clinical evaluation

through nursing consultation allows the professional to identify situations that will endanger the health

of pregnant women and the fetus, and thus provide solutions that avoid future problems.

pregnant woman and the fetus, the early identication of gestational risks is directly linked to fetal health

diabetes, as he is a professional who accompanies the pregnant woman throughout the prenatal care.

Its professional training allows you to bring clear and true information to the patient with gestational

diabetes, reducing the chances of developing other disorders until the moment of delivery. Conversation

and empathy is critical to the nurse and patient bond, as it promotes the improvement of assistance for

a quality prenatal care.