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Mental Health Nursing: waiting room intervention in integral health care

Enfermería en Salud Mental: intervención en sala de espera en la asistencia integral a la salud

ABSTRACT

Objective:

To describe and to analyze the proposal for intervention in the waiting room as a possibility for Nursing in mental health in group context.

Method:

Descriptive study with a qualitative approach, convergent care type, developed in a Psychosocial Care Center for Alcohol and Drugs in the interior of the state of Goiás.

Results:

The service in the waiting room provided moments of reflection, knowledge, learning, listening and exchanging experiences.

Final considerations:

The meetings in the waiting room favored the articulation between theoretical knowledge and the practice of nursing care in groups, constituting a space with a valuable locus for the development of educational and support actions in health services, to be undertaken by the nurse and, also, by other professionals of the health team.

Descriptors:
Psychiatric Nursing; Mental Health; Mental Health Services; Comprehensive Health Care; Nursing

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