Historical Landmark and Nursing Intervention in Patient Care in a Psychiatric Emergency Situation (Pages 18-23)

Rogério Rodrigo Ramos1,5, Eberte Gonçalves Temponi2, Anderson Scarin Perim1, Tamiris Ruvieri Palhares3, Ana Paula Domingos Ramos4, Elena Carla Batista Mendes5, Jussara Britto Batista Gonçalves5, Dirlaine Beatriz França de Souza6, José Martins Pinto Neto1,4, André Wilian Lozano1,4, Luciana Estevam Simonato1,4, Wagner Rafael da Silva7, Tais Cristina Nascimento Marques8 and Arthur Suman Nogueira9

1Universidade Brasil, Fernandópolis, Brazil; 2Universidad Central Del Paraguay (UCP), Ciudad del Este, Paraguay; 3Seven Health Management Ltda, São Paulo, Brazil; 4Fundação Educacional de Fernandópolis, Fernandópolis, Brazil; 5Centro Universitário de Santa Fé do Sul (UNIFUNEC), Santa Fé do Sul, SP, Brazil; 6Department of the Psychopedagogical Support Center, Universidade Brasil, Fernandópolis, Brazil; 7Department of Neuroscience and Neuropsychopharmacology, Universidade Brasil, Fernandópolis, Brazil; 8Centro Universitário de Brasília-(UDF), Brasília, Brazil; 9Physician at the Institute of Basic and Advanced Health Care – Cambuci Basic Health Unit, São Paulo, Brazil

https://doi.org/10.12970/2310-8231.2021.09.03

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Abstract: Nursing care is vital in a psychiatric emergency, requiring the health professional to take immediate actions to control the situation and watch the patient’s behaviour at the emergency location, including assessing the precipitating factors, such as the physical and mental state, and suicidal or homicidal risk. Also, a psychiatric emergency is a crisis that occurs at the risk of injury or something imminent for the patient and even for others. The research’s objective is to seek in scientific literature information on nursing care in a psychiatric emergency situation. From 1991 to 2020, the literature was reviewed by research in SciELO, Virtual Health Library, PubMed and University textbooks, using the keywords psychiatric nursing, psychiatry in the literature, emergency nursing, psychiatric emergency services and mental health. The result has shown that psychiatric emergency nursing care aims to help people during mental suffering and not provide psychotherapy treatment or complete interpersonal therapy. Psychiatric emergency care can occur under any circumstance and in any place, implying the need for the professional nurse to be well prepared for such treatments. Although, the nursing team has difficulties in dealing with people in a mental crisis. This review showed little research material on the subject, so the importance of new studies for updating and understanding psychiatric emergencies is emphasized.

Keywords: Psychiatric Nursing, Psyquiatry Literature, Emergency Nursing, Psychiatric Emergency Services, Mental Health.
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