Theoretical-practical and methodological approaches in Nursing education for mental health care

Abstract

Objective: to identify theoretical-practical and methodological curricular activities in the training of nurses related to mental health education. Method: it is a documentary, descriptive and exploratory study, with a qualitative approach. It was developed in two Undergraduate Nursing Courses in a city in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, one of which is public and the other, private. Some discipline teaching plans were analyzed, according to documentary analysis. The data were collected in the second semester of 2018. Results: the theoretical-practical and methodological curricular activities related to mental health education are inserted in an articulated way with other knowledge fields. This injunction shows that the theoretical dimension has been accompanying the transformations in this field of knowledge and practice. Conclusion: the disciplines include approaches that are coherent with social, economic and cultural situations, but there is little information about the methodological dimension related to the scenarios of practice for mental health education.

Keywords

• enfermagem
• educação
• saúde mental
• sistema único de saúde