Mental health assistance: identification of nursing diagnoses in a community mental health service

• Main Authors: Eurides Santos Pinho (Author), Adrielle Cristina Silva Souza (Author), Ana Caroline Gonçalves Cavalcante Moreira (Author), Luzana Eva Ferreira Lopes Nogueira (Author), Amanda Melo e Santos Limongi (Author), Nathália dos Santos Silva (Author), Johnatan Martins Sousa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem, 2021-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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• Notes: 1984-0446; 10.1590/0034-7167-2020-1175
• Keywords: Nursing Diagnosis; Community Mental Health Centers; Nursing Process; Mental Health Assistance; Psychiatric Nursing; Nursing; RT1-120
• Source: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, Vol 75, Iss 2 (2021)

ABSTRACT Objective: to map and identify nursing diagnoses targeted at night care users in a Psychosocial Care Center according to NANDA-I Taxonomy. Method: this is a descriptive-exploratory study, of documentary research type of 319 records in medical records. It was held in a Psychosocial Care Center III in Goiás, from 2014-2018. Nursing diagnoses and records were extracted with non-standardized language. Results: 813 records of nursing diagnoses identified in 53 different titles, in 10 domains, were identified. The most frequent diagnosis was risk for self-extermination. The domain with the highest number of diagnostic records was activity/rest. There was a predominance of diagnoses focused on the problem. Final considerations: mapping contributes to the planning of evidence-based nursing interventions and to the strengthening of professional identity in mental health. It is evident the need for practices that go beyond the symptoms in a preventive perspective, with a view to comprehensiveness.