The objective was to analyze the “Protection” concept in patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and correlate it with elements of the “Ineffective Protection” nursing diagnosis proposed by NANDA-I. Integrative literature review based on the Concept Analysis model proposed by Walker and Avant and performed at the Virtual Health Library and CINAHL, SCOPUS, PUBMED/MEDLINE, LILACS and Web of Sc...