The role of nurses in the treatment of eating disorders: Integrative review.

• Autor(a) principal: Pinto, Talita Fonseca
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Santos, Denise Alves, Duarte Neto, Neemias Costa, Gomes, Franco Celso da Silva, Sousa, Maria do Socorro Marques, Queiroz, Patrícia Lima, Costa, Andrea Suzana Vieira, Nitz, Magali Kelli, Santos, Lana Meireles, Sampaio, Marcelly Kelmanny da Luz, Sandes, Marcilene de Amorim, Ramos, Aline Sharlon Maciel Batista, Aragão, Francisca Bruna Arruda
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Brazilian Journal of Implantology and Health Sciences
• Texto Completo: https://bjihs.emnuvens.com.br/bjihs/article/view/404
• topic: Anorexia nervosa. Bulimia nervosa. Enfermagem. Paciente. Transtornos Alimentares.; Anorexia nervosa. Bulimia nervosa. Eating disorders. Nursing. Patient.

Eating disorders are worrying pathologies that are related to eating behavior and the main eating disorders are: anorexia and bulimia. The treatment of these eating disorders contains a great challenge for nurses, because it is important that they have knowledge and dedication to treatments, where the prognosis is given due to an early diagnosis. The study proposed to develop a review about eating disorders, emphasizing the role of nursing. Having as objective the importance of nursing in the treatment of patients with eating disorders. This is a study carried out through a bibliographical survey, with the purpose of performing an integrative review in the following databases: LILACS, BVS-BIREME, MEDLINE and BDENF. In this context, the present study found that it is fundamental that nurses first need to recognize the severity of the problem before establishing strategies so that those affected by eating disorders do not need to resort to hospital services when the condition is already critical and that nurses are able to guide and conduct high quality and efficient clinical follow-up to patients and their families, focusing on establishing bonds of trust, emotional support and guidance on the pathology and its physical consequences.