Knowledge of nurses at a psychiatric hospitalization unit of a teaching hospital

Authors

  • Agnes Olschowsky Rio Grande do Sul Federal University; School of Nursing
  • Maria de Lourdes Custódio Duarte University of São Paulo; Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692007000400026

Keywords:

mental health, psychiatric nursing, hospitals, university

Abstract

This study aims to identify the knowledge of the nurses in a psychiatric hospitalization unit at a university hospital. It is an exploratory, descriptive research with a qualitative approach, utilizing semistructured interviews. The nurses refer to a change in the assisting care, starting from their experience in the asylum mode and making references to the concepts of the psychosocial mode: integrality, welcoming, interdisciplinarity and interpersonal relationship. Integral and individual care, knowledge of the psychiatric syndromes and their treatment as well as the consideration of the subjectivity of the subject under psychiatric suffering are part of the knowledge that guides nursing actions in mental health.

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Published

2007-08-01

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 4 (2007)

Section

Short Communications/Cases Accounts

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How to Cite

Knowledge of nurses at a psychiatric hospitalization unit of a teaching hospital. (2007). Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 15(4), 689-691. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692007000400026