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- Community Mental Health Nursing consultation in a public bathhouse: a spiritual coping resourcePublication . Simões Figueiredo, Amélia; Vidal, Teresa; Ferrito, Cândida; Neves-Amado, João; Sarreira-Santos, Alexandra; Medeiros Garcia, Maria de Lurdes; Roldan-Merino, Juan; Ramirez, Antonia(1) Background: The spiritual dimension’s importance in health/disease processes is widely recognized, also being demonstrated by scientific evidence. Hence, its study is crucial, particularly with respect to a Mental health nursing consultation occurring in a community resource, such as a public bathhouse. This study aims to identify the nursing interventions of spiritual nature developed over 5 years in the abovementioned setting, thus characterizing the Portuguese reality; (2) Methods: Observational, cross-sectional and quantitative study, based on a sample comprising all users who attended a community Mental health nursing consultation, from March 2015, to 31 December 2019; (3) Results: A total of 205 nursing appointments were performed, from which emerged a set of 346 diagnoses, resulting in 455 nursing interventions. Of the latter, some deserve to be highlighted, due to a greater prevalence: “listening” (61; 13%), “supporting” (38; 8%), “promoting self-esteem” (37; 8%), “monitoring vital signs” (31; 7%), and “identifying attitude towards care” (25; 5%); (4) Conclusions: even though some of the interventions performed during the consultations were associated with the spiritual dimension, the collected data points towards a need for new diagnoses and nursing interventions, namely, those which may help mitigate spiritual distress.
- Nursing consultation in a public bathhouse: a community resource for the vulnerable population in a European capitalPublication . Simões-Figueiredo, Amélia; Seabra, Paulo; Sarreira-Santos, Alexandra; Vollrath, Antónia; Medeiros-Garcia, Lurdes; Vidal, Teresa; Neves-Amado, JoãoBackground: In Portugal’s capital, Lisbon, there are 19 public showers (PS) attended by a vulnerable population. Aim: To describe the assessment and interventions performed during nursing consultations. Method: This is a quantitative, observational, and cross-sectional study. Findings: In a convenience sample of 77 users, 52% are females, 43% are single, 52% do not possess any economic resources, 87% have mental health issues, and 32% are homeless. The main nursing focuses found were: arterial hypertension, disease management skills, and emotional suffering. The most used nursing intervention is listening, followed by the expression of feelings, valuing the individual and his/her story, analyzing causes, providing support, and comforting. Conclusions: This study shows that the main focus of the nursing care in these facilities is the human being. The respect for individuality and dignity was the primary concern, in an attempt to empower the individual to better manage his/her health and illness processes.