A formação do enfermeiro e o fenômeno das drogas no Sul do Brasil: atitudes e crenças dos estudantes de enfermagem sobre o cuidado

Abstract

This is a descriptive study about the formation of nurses regarding to the drug phenomenon. It was conducted with last periods students of Nursing Schools from five Federal Educational Institutions in southern Brazil. It presents and discusses Nursing students attitudes and beliefs about care, when facing the drug phenomenon. The data collection happened from October 2003 to February 2004, with intentional sample constituted of 105 students. An instrument was applied to them, with a scale asking about nurses attitudes and beliefs regarding to alcoholism and drugs. The study showed that the students understand knowledge about the drug phenomenon as fundamental to the profession, and they incorporate the care of people involved with psychoactive substances, as nurses role. The study also showed clearly a disarticulation between theory and practice, course s contents centered on medical and moral models, and interpersonal communication difficulties.

Knowledge about aids and drugs among undergraduate students in a higher education institution in the state of Paraná

“…Additionally, the low level of knowledge about drugs observed among students is consonant with observations of a study carried out in the south of Brazil, which focused on attitudes and beliefs of nursing students about the phenomenon of drugs and points to the need of sensitizing higher education institutions to invest in the inclusion of content on alcohol and other psychoactive substances to undergraduate students in the nursing program and others (14).…”

Cuidar de dependentes de substâncias psicoativas: percepções dos estudantes de enfermagem

“…Although scien fi c evidence indicates that li le atten on is given to the training of nurses on the issue of psychoac ve substances (12)(13) , few Brazilian studies have inves gated strategies to improve this situa on. This study presents data from an interven on that enabled nursing students to gain clinical experience with pa ents with a chemical dependence, showing that this approach produces sa sfactory results, both in prepara on for working with these pa ents and in changing the a tudes and behaviors of the student toward the chemically dependent person.…”

“…The workload does not enable the nurses to reach an appropriate performance level in their du es regarding this problem (7)(8) . This was perceived by students who judged the workload on the subject to be light and stated that there should be a broader approach to the topic during training.…”

“…An analysis of the few studies conducted with nursing students in Brazil (6)(7)(8) reveals that alcoholism is among the most despised of diseases, and students' a tudes and representa ons rela ng to alcoholism and alcoholics are no diff erent from the general popula on's. One explana on for these results is the training itself, which generally has not off ered suffi cient training and informa on regarding dependence.…”

O risco do uso de drogas no trabalho portuário: estudo no extremo sul do Brasil

“…Na redução de danos, torna-se significativa a participação do profissional enfermeiro, pois, entre os trabalhadores em saúde, estes são os que possuem maior contato com as pessoas que procuram os serviços de saúde e apresentam um grande potencial para reconhecer a problemática relacionada ao consumo de drogas e desenvolver a assistência condizente com a necessidade de cada indivíduo 2 . Além disso, torna-se imprescindível avaliar o enfermeiro como um recurso humano relevante no trabalho com o usuário de drogas, inclusive pelo seu importante papel na comunicação com diferentes grupos na sociedade, desde crianças até idosos 7 . Nesta função desenvolvida pelo enfermeiro na comunicação em diversas coletividades, torna-se necessário conhecer a dimensão do uso de drogas nos mais distintos cenários, para que seja possibilitado a este profissional o entendimento sobre os indivíduos aos quais ele presta cuidado.…”