Practices of primary health care nurses in the care for people in psychological distress.
Dárcio Tadeu MendesAna Clara Delben GianellaJuliana Xavier PellegriniCarla Silvia Neves da Nova FernandesMaria do Perpétuo do Socorro de Sousa NóbregaPublished in: Revista gaucha de enfermagem (2024)
The practices that nurses perform involve listening spaces to express feelings, case discussions within the team and matrixing and the understanding that psychological distress is the result of environmental, social, and family factors. However, they report a lack of training to assess individuals experiencing psychological distress and request the development of institutional protocols and training to support care.