Nursing care and actions in mental health in a psychiatric day hospital: an integrative review

Triangulation study of needs assessment of people with severe mental illness in “follow‐up” day hospital settings

“…Nurses may provide a caring relationship in a partnership with patients to help them cope with their problems (Shattell, 2004 ) and to provide systematic patient education according to patients' individual needs (Koivunen et al, 2012 ). The final aim of nursing care in DH settings is to enable reintegration into family and social networks (Pessoa Junior et al, 2014 ). Mental health nurses in DH perform individual care programme planning in DH and improve answers to patient’ needs as an alternative to intensive psychiatric care, which bridges the gap between inpatient and outpatient treatment and provides recovery skills (Taube‐Schiff et al, 2017 ).…”

Nursing care and actions in mental health in a psychiatric day hospital: an integrative review

“…The nursing professional, as an integrating member, began to operate in the above mentioned space. Thus, the nursing care process and actions began to incorporate different elements of the historical scenario [1][2][3][4][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17] .…”

“…The interdisciplinarity 7 was highlighted as a key point in the daily practice of the nursing team, given the assistential changes in the mental health care in recent years, especially in daily care centers, which have replaced the asylum-based model and of traditional psychiatric admission. In this sense, it reinforces the role required for health professionals who work in DH to strengthen the interdisciplinary work, with a view to ensuring better nursing care to patients with severe mental disorders and their families.…”