Abstract
Objective: to analyze in the main literature how the nurse's performance should be in the face of emergency care for the victim of sexual violence, identifying the main challenges in the immediate care of this victim. Methodology: it is an integrative literature review, with a qualitative approach and descriptive characteristics of the theme in question. The survey was carried out from February to November 2019, by the Virtual Health Library, in the databases: Lilacs, Medline, Bdenf and Ibecs, using the descriptors: Sexual violence, AND Violence against women, AND Nursing care. Another search was carried out on the Google Academic virtual library platform, with the descriptors: Sexual violence ”AND“ Nurse ”AND“ Notification. The time frame of both searches was from 2014 to 2018. The initial survey was 659 articles. After complete analysis, there were 14 articles that made up the final sample of this research. Results: the nurse is responsible for actions of identification, prevention, guidance, assistance to the victims and notification of the incident. Using as a tool the nursing process with anamnesis, physical examination, diagnosis, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing. The latter also has the responsibility of not forgetting the ethical, moral and legal precepts that involve cases of violence. Conclusion: The studies analyzed showed numerous challenges in the immediate care of victims of sexual violence, such as the scarcity of materials and supplies, inappropriate places for care, which must be individualized and reserved so as not to expose intimacy and respect the patient's dignity. As well as non-physical barriers such as the lack of human resources, which generates work overload for the team.
Highlights
IntroductionThe World Health Organization-WHO (2013), defines violence as the intentional use of physical force or power, real or in the form of a threat against itself, or against others, that causes or is likely to cause injury, death, psychological damage, developmental disability or deprivation of liberty
The present study aimed to analyze in the main literature how the nurse's performance should be regarding emergency care for victims of sexual violence, identifying the main challenges in the immediate care of this victim
Within the context of sexual violence, the professional nurse has the crucial role of being the mediator between the victim and the health service, providing care that aims to promote and recover the physical and emotional health of this victim, without leaving aside the ethical precepts, moral and legal that involve the problematic that each case brings
Summary
The World Health Organization-WHO (2013), defines violence as the intentional use of physical force or power, real or in the form of a threat against itself, or against others, that causes or is likely to cause injury, death, psychological damage, developmental disability or deprivation of liberty. Acts of violence are something that accompanies humanity, and should be seen as a political, social, cultural, psychological problem, but mainly as a public health problem as it directly affects the life and health of the population (Silva et al, 2020). The present study aimed to analyze in the main literature how the nurse's performance should be regarding emergency care for victims of sexual violence, identifying the main challenges in the immediate care of this victim
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