MENTAL DISTURBANCE EXPERIENCED BY FAMILY HEALTH STRATEGY NURSES IN THEIR DAY-TO-DAY WORK

• Autor(a) principal: Rocha Pereira, Kelly Fernanda Fernanda
• Data de Publicação: 2013
• Outros Autores: de Souza, Clicia Suellen, Zurita, Robsmeire Calvo Melo
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Saúde e Pesquisa (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.unicesumar.edu.br/index.php/saudpesq/article/view/2563
• topic: Nursing Assistance; Nursing; Family Help Strategy; Mental Health; Assistência de Enfermagem; Enfermagem; Programa Saúde da Família; Saúde Mental; .

According to WHO, mental health does not merely comprise mental disturbances but also defines it as the well-being and potential of individuals in being capable of dealing with normal day-to-day stress and its influence on productivity in themselves and in their community. Current investigation, a transversal analysis with a quantitative-analytic focus, identifies the activities of nurses of the Family Help Strategy (ESF) with people with mental disturbances. Study was undertaken in ten Basic Health Units (UBS) in the municipality of Maringá PR Brazil. A self-applicable questionnaire was undertaken for data collection, with ten closed questioned. Subjects were 33 nurses working at the ESF of whom 31 (94%) were females and 2 (6%) were males, aged between 25 and 54 years old. Service time varied accordingly, or rather, 19 (58%) worked between five and ten years; 9 (27%) worked less than five years; 4 (12%) worked between 10 to 15 years; only 1 (3%) worked for more than 15 years. It should be highlighted than 23 (70%) nurses who worked for ESF did not have any experience in dealing with patients with mental disturbances, while 10 (30%) already had. Data showed that the most frequent activities were home visits and introduction undertaken by 32 (97%) nurses. ESF proposes changes in the links between the current assistance model and the patients coupled to the organization of presentation and realization in health promotion.