Nursing assistance to women victims of violence in Brazil

• Autor(a) principal: Lima, Crislene da Silva de
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Almeida, Samara Deuzuita de, Nascimento, Joissy Carla Correia do, Nogueira, André Luiz Freitas, Costa, Elaine da Silva, Magalhães, Regina Oliveira, Silva, Anderson Lima Cordeiro da
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/11861
• topic: Violência contra a Mulher; Cuidados de Enfermagem; Assistência integral à saúde.; Violencia contra la Mujer; Atención de Enfermería; Atención integral de salud.; Violence Against Women; Nursing Care; Comprehensive health care.

Objective: To describe the behaviors of the nursing team in front of women victims of violence in Brazil. Methodology: This is a descriptive study and exploratotio, of a qualitative nature of base literature review, carried through the databases Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences (LILACS) and Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO). Results: The analysis of 13 articles showed that among the most diverse types of violence affecting women, violence, physical, psychological, sexual are the most prevalent. Nursing exerts a protagonism in the assistance to the victims, having in mind that this professional is the first one to have contact with it and provides reception, qualified auscultation, as well as it applies measures to minimize the damages caused by violence. Conclusion: Having seen the impacts caused by violence independently of its type, the assistance to the victims requires qualification of the professionals so that the needs of the patient are taken care of, besides minimizing future risks, aiming at the physical, psychic and social well being of the same.