Abstract
to report the experience of a nursing student with mental health care during a clinical internship. an experience report based on data from a Singular Therapeutic Project developed by a nursing student during 16 days of practice in a Day Hospital as part of an undergraduate course. The findings were analyzed based on the theory of interpersonal relationships and psychosocial rehabilitation. the care process was organized between the weeks and phases of the relationship in: 1) from the unknown to relationship of trust; 2) reflections and reframing as a care proposal; 3) from limitation to leading role; 4) from care resolution to mutual transformations. it was concluded that despite the limitations of the practice context, the student was able to conduct psychosocial interventions in mental health in line with the expected goals and produce meanings in both involved.
Highlights
METHODSWith the change in the mental health care model, from biomedical to psychosocial care, nurses needed to reinvent their practices
To this end, nursing professionals must articulate two theories that are the basis for psychosocial care: the theory of Interpersonal Therapeutic Relationship (ITR), which systematizes and organizes assistance in the phases of guidance, identification, exploration and resolution, based on the development of relationship between nurses(3) and Psychosocial Rehabilitation, which aims to rehabilitate people in psychological distress as citizens through autonomy in the essential aspects of life (living, exchanges and support network)(4-5)
Among the objectives of this practice, the main one is constructing a PTS between student and user guided by the ITR theory phases and the psychosocial rehabilitation principles, a resource that was used as an object of analysis for this report
Summary
With the change in the mental health care model, from biomedical to psychosocial care, nurses needed to reinvent their practices. Soft technologies become indispensable for nurses’ performance and they, with their immaterial resources, becomes their main work tool to work with the multidisciplinary team in comprehensive mental health care(1-2) To this end, nursing professionals must articulate two theories that are the basis for psychosocial care: the theory of Interpersonal Therapeutic Relationship (ITR), which systematizes and organizes assistance in the phases of guidance, identification, exploration and resolution, based on the development of relationship between nurses (subjects)(3) and Psychosocial Rehabilitation, which aims to rehabilitate people in psychological distress as citizens through autonomy in the essential aspects of life (living, exchanges (work and income) and support network)(4-5). It is considered important to explore students’ experiences with psychosocial clinic, in order to contribute with the possibilities of nursing interventions in mental health
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