PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY OF NURSES IN THE MENTAL HEALTH FIELD: AN INTEGRATIVE REVIEW

Authors

  • Tâmara da Cruz Piedade Oliveira
  • Ingredy Nayara Chiacchio Silva
  • Sélton Diniz dos Santos
  • Deybson Borba de Almeida
  • Gilberto Tadeu Reis da Silva

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/ce.v28i0.91494

Keywords:

Psychiatric Nursing, Nurse's Role, Mental Health Assistance.

Abstract

Objective: to analyze the production of knowledge in the scientific literature on the constitution of professional identity in nurses working in the field of mental health.

Method: integrative literature review through the Virtual Health Library portal in four databases: Lilacs, Scielo, PubMed and BDENF. The eligibility criteria were full original articles published from 2017-2022 in English, Portuguese, or Spanish.

Results: the sample was composed of 18 studies grouped into two thematic categories. The results are about the (in)definitions of the work process of nurses working in the mental health field, and about the fragmentation of care and its implications for the constitution of this professional identity.

Conclusion: nurses play diversified roles in their daily work, which contributes to an insufficient understanding of their scope of attributions and directly impacts the perception of their professional identity.

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Published

2023-07-26

How to Cite

Oliveira, T. da C. P., Silva, I. N. C., Santos, S. D. dos, Almeida, D. B. de, & Silva, G. T. R. da. (2023). PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY OF NURSES IN THE MENTAL HEALTH FIELD: AN INTEGRATIVE REVIEW. Cogitare Enfermagem, 28. https://doi.org/10.1590/ce.v28i0.91494

Issue

Vol. 28 (2023)

Section

Review

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