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Background: Dementia progression is an active subject in Sweden and the world, that makes it more than important for nurses to adjust the work and care to these patients. Nurses have a responsibility, to keep the care personal to the patient’s needs, but also keeping the care patient safe by following related laws. Patients who have dementia or a relative to a patient with dementia describes the importance of the help the nurses bring when they meet each other in different environments. Aim: The aim of this study is to describe nurses’ experiences of caring for patients with dementia. Method: A literature review based of on Friberg, with an analysis of 11 qualitative articles and 2 quantitative articles. Results: The analysis showed 4 subjects, the importance of knowledge, the importance of communication, the importance of person-centered care and lastly the importance of recourses in the care environment. Conclusion: The connections that got made was mainly about how communication needed more experience than what the nurses had. Different methods were used to make sure the care that was given to the patients are safe and person-centered, but also costume made or the patient’s own needs and diagnosis, this was something that the nurses found inadequate. The effects from the workload made obstacles for the nurses while giving care to patients, because of that the necessary recourses needed to be available for the nurses to ease the care work for both patients and their relatives. When nurses had different aspects about the dementia care environment it related to what patients and relatives experienced, both similarities and differences.