PERCEPTIONS OF NURSING TEAM OF AN EMERGENCY UNIT ABOUT THE PERSON WITH MENTAL DISORDER

• Main Authors: Marcio Roberto Paes (Author), Mariluci Alves Maftum (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, 2013-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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• Notes: 2179-7692; 2179-7692; 10.5902/217976929852
• Keywords: enfermagem; saúde mental; pessoas mentalmente doentes; serviço hospitalar de emergência; equipe de enfermagem.; Medicine; R; Nursing; RT1-120
• Source: Revista de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Vol 3, Iss 3, Pp 461-469 (2013)

http://dx.doi.org/10.5902/217976929852 Aim: to apprehend the perception of the nursing team of an emergency unit about the person with a mental disorder. Method: it is a descriptive, exploratory and a qualitative research developed in 2009 in the emergency unit of a university hospital in Curitiba-PR, Brazil. The data were collected through semi-structured interviews involving 27 nurses. We used Content Analysis to analyze the data. Results: the nursing team sees the patient with mental disorder as an aggressive and agitated, they demonstrate stereotypical vision about it; they refer questions about the nursing care of patients with mental disorders but they consider that patients with mental disorders require nursing care. Conclusion: the nursing team of the emergency unit has a vision distorted and stigmatized on the person with a mental disorder and should receive training in the care of these patients.