Background: Patients with head and neck cancer (HH-cancer are a group of patients who undergo extensive radiotherapy, often in combination with chemotherapy. It is therefore a group of patients who have a great need for care both during the treatment phase and the rehabilitation phase.Purpose: The purpose of this study is to describe head and neck cancer patients' experiences of nursing in inpatient and outpatient cancer careMethod: A literature study with a qualitative approach that follows the nine-step model by Polit and Beck. Fifteen articles were included in this study and analysed using thematic analysis.Results: The result yielded three themes with two sub-themes each that consistently showed the patients' either positive or negative experiences of selected themes: Information to the patient, with sub-themes Security and Stress and fear. Communication and treatment, with sub-themes Compassion and commitment and Objectification. The role of the nurse with sub-themes Partnership and Abandonment. In each theme in this study, factors were identified that support the patient's participation- and trust in the care process but also factors that counteracted this. Within each theme, areas of improvement that could support a more person-centred care were identified. Supporting factors included the care staff's commitment and ability to communicate, verbally and non-verbally, in such a way that the patient felt respected as a person. The contact nurse could be experienced by the patient as a safe partner in care. The negative factors patients responded to included staff stress and lack of time in the care meeting.Conclusion: The study showed that there is a need for more individually tailored information to patients and relatives about the disease, treatment and side effects, as well as a need for better follow-up during the patient's rehabilitation where the cancer nurse's role as the HH cancer patient's care contact after discharge from the hospital needs to be strengthened.