1Neuropsychiatry of Universidade Federal de Pernambuco-UFPE, Psychosocial care center for alcohol and other drugs
2Social Service, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
3Nursing, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
4Psychiatry, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
5Neuropsychiatry, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
American Journal of Nursing Research.
2013,
Vol. 1 No. 1, 24-27
DOI: 10.12691/ajnr-1-1-4
Copyright © 2013 Science and Education PublishingCite this paper: Selene Cordeiro Vasconcelos, Iracema da Silva Frazão, Estela Maria Leite Meirelles Monteiro, Murilo Duarte da Costa Lima, José Francisco de Albuquerque, Vânia Pinheiro Ramos. Nursing Interventions for Drug Users: Qualitative Meta-Synthesis.
American Journal of Nursing Research. 2013; 1(1):24-27. doi: 10.12691/ajnr-1-1-4.
Correspondence to: Selene Cordeiro Vasconcelos, Neuropsychiatry of Universidade Federal de Pernambuco-UFPE, Psychosocial care center for alcohol and other drugs. Email:
selumares@yahoo.com.brAbstract
Objective: To identify the Brazilians nurses’ interventions in the drug users care. Methods: Research on the databases LILACS, PubMed, Scopus, CINHAL, and Cochrane, indexed from 2003 to 2012, using the keywords ‘health education’ and ‘substance-related disorders’. Obtained 8 articles as sample that resulted in a thematic and two sub themes. Results: Demonstrated that Brazilian nurses’ interventions in the drug users care are grounded in health education. Conclusion: Health education actions are relevant to the process of rehabilitation and social reintegration of drug user, can promote improvement in self-care and in the quality of life of this clientele, in addition to strengthening the nursing professional identity in this setting of care.
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