Study about the analysis of the daily of the psychiatric patient at home after the hospital internment, by the home visit, giving emphasis to the understanding of the Psychiatric Nursing practical at the patient home. Was discussed the difficulties, the relationships and the possibilities of care. The study is qualitative with ethnomethodology approach. The production of data was by the participant observation and open interviews. The daily of Michel de Certeau was adopted as theoretician referential. The subjects that were deriving of the quarrels had formed an axle for the reflective process, having as base the agreement about family, work, leisure and myth/spirituality. The data reflects how the care offered by the nurse in the hospital internment has few perspectives of construction. The home visit showed the importance of the participation of the family and the citizen in a continuous process of care, allowing to the nurse to construct a creative, solidary and sensible care, that makes possible to the citizens new contracts with the life.
Psychiatric Nursing; Family; Mental Health; Patient Visit