Objective: To identify and analyze available literature on care transition strategies in LatinAmerican countries.Methods: Integrative literature review that included studies indexed in PubMed, LILACS, Webof Science Core Collection, CINAHL, SCOPUS databases, and the Scientific ElectronicLibrary Online (SciELO), published in Portuguese, Spanish or English, between 2010 and2017.Results: Eleven articles were selected and the strategies were grouped into components of caretransition: discharge planning, advanced care planning, patient education and promotion of selfmanagement,medication safety, complete communication of information, and outpatientfollow-up. These strategies were carried out by multidisciplinary team members, in whichnurses play a leading role in promoting safe care transitions.Conclusions: Care transition activities are generally initiated very close to patient discharge,this differs from recommendations of care transition programs and models, which suggestimplementing care transition strategies from the time of admission until discharge.Keywords: Continuity of patient care. Patient transfer. Health education. Discharge planning.Patient readmission.