ABSTRACT:This study aims to meet the professionals interviewed, identify the way nurses work facing the client with psychological distress and their knowledge on the concept of mental health and mental illness. This is a descriptive study, with a qualitative approach. The sample consisted of 26 nurses of the Family Health Strategy -FHS. According to Minayo, four categories emerged from data analysis: Embracement, Absence of actions for social reintegration, Orientation, Meanings. There is no differentiation between embracement and actions for social reintegration. Family approach is done through guidance. The concept of mental health has been defined as well-being, and mental illness, the presence of diseases and/or disorders.

Resumo: Este estudo objetivou conhecer experiências de enfermeiros em Unidades Básicas de Saúde – UBS - no município de Uberlândia, quanto aos seus modos de ver o atendimento às crianças vítimas de violência doméstica, através da pesquisa qualitativa. Foram realizadas entrevistas semi-estruturadas com enfermeiros de nove UBS e analisadas através da técnica de Análise de Conteúdo, usando o recurso de Análise Temática. Nos resultados, verificamos que os enfermeiros apresentam uma visão tímida de atendimento de casos de violência doméstica infantil, seja por falta de preparo, seja pela dificuldade de reconhecer um caso, ou pela falta de um trabalho em equipe. Concluímos que a presença ou suspeita de violência nos casos atendidos e sua percepção, que oscila entre os aspectos visíveis e invisíveis da violência, o que acaba por originar dúvidas em sua identificação e atendimento, depende de uma melhor formação e do uso de melhores referências sobre o assunto no ambiente de trabalho.Palavras – chave: Atenção Primária à Saúde; Enfermagem; Instituições de Saúde, Maus-tratos infantis; Violência Doméstica.

ABSTRACT:Education is a social and universal phenomenon, being essential to the workplace and in a continuing regime. The pursuance of continuing education is common in the Nursing practice. Therefore, this study has the objective of describing the attendance indicators obtained by a Continuing Education Nursing Program at a University Hospital in 2012, in relation to the attendance of the students in long-term courses (greater than 20 hours). These courses are offered to the nursing staff under the pretext of understanding and supporting new health care strategies, which aim at improving the workforce of participants. The work herein is a descriptive, exploratory and retrospective study. During 2012 only three long-term courses were offered, all focused upon the specific needs of the hospital. In order to carry out the attendance evaluation a series of indicators were considered; daily presence percentage, general attendance percentage per student, attendance percentage of approved student, attendance percentage of reproved student, course abandonment percentage and approval percentage. The results showed differences in the attendance rates across all courses, both for those students who were approved as for those who were reproved, although the approval rate did not differ between the courses (40-50%). In the case of the course offered only to nurses, there were no abandonments registered. A noted phenomenon is that over the period the course runs, there also occurs a decrease in the daily attendance percentage on the part of students, thus demonstrating the need to implement new methodologies concerning this problem. Additionally, there occurred an attendance percentage and an approved and reproved percentage differential in results among the three nursing work categories, where nurses presented the highest rates of attendance and approbation. These results can be associated to the workplace position, voluntary participation and absence of liberation criteria for participation, all of which should be investigated in a future scenario. The results demonstrate the need for a methodology that maintains attendance levels across the whole duration of the long-term course, and deals with the presence of different professional categories and functions in the same course, under the intention of improving attendance and results of the long-term courses in continuing education programs.

ABSTRACT:Aim: To verify the performance of the nurses, in addition to identifying difficulties and facilities in assisting the client in psychic suffering. Design: Descriptive study, of exploratory and qualitative approach. Participants and context: The sampling consisted of 26 nurses of Primary Care -Family Health Strategy from Uberaba -MG, in 2012. Main measurements: It was used a semi-structured questionnaire, with guiding questions. Data were analyzed using content analysis. Results: Six categories emerged: nurse assignments, access to medication; difficulty of access to the center of specialty, professional qualification, teamwork, and lack of facilities. Conclusion: ESF nurses' actions are routing, guidance and monitoring. Lack of training, access to medications and specialty centers were the difficulties encountered by them. And teamwork was considered a facilitator. PALAVRAS-CHAVE:Psychic suffering. Mental health. Family health strategy.

Este artigo objetivou identificar as contribuições literárias mundiais da enfermagem, referentes ao enfrentamento de pandemias. Foi realizada uma revisão integrativa dos artigos publicados entre os anos de 2010 a 2020, nas bases de dados Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online (MEDLINE), Base bibliográfica em História da Saúde Pública na América Latina e Caribe (HISA) e Índice Bibliográfico Español en Ciencias de la Salud (IBECS). A partir da seleção dos estudos foram criadas duas categorias temáticas para análise e discussão: "Contribuições da enfermagem com