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Vol. 29. Issue 6.
Pages 369-374 (November - December 2019)
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Vol. 29. Issue 6.
Pages 369-374 (November - December 2019)
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The implementation of the Mental Health Nursing Specialty in Andalusia. A community approach
La implantación de la especialidad de Enfermería de Salud Mental en Andalucía desde un enfoque comunitario
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Evelyn Huizinga, Susana Rodríguez-Gómezb,
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, Nieves Lafuente Roblesb
a Plan Integral de Salud Mental de Andalucía, Servicio Andaluz de Salud, Consejería de Salud y Familia, Junta de Andalucía, Spain
b Estrategia de Cuidados de Andalucía, Servicio Andaluz de Salud, Consejería de Salud y Familia, Junta de Andalucía, Spain
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Table 1. Summary table of the functions of mental health nurse specialists in community facilities of the Andalusian Health Service.
Table 2. Summary table of the functions of mental health nurse specialists in hospital facilities of the Andalusian Health Service.
Table 3. Competence dimensions of the Andalusian Health Service mental health nurse specialist.
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Abstract

Health systems have a responsibility to respond to the new health needs of the population, which are characterized by factors such as aging, chronicity and / or dependency situations and which requires quality and specialized care adapted to different areas where care is provided, care offered by trained and increasingly qualified professionals to improve the health outcomes of the caregivers.

In 2016, in Andalusia the regulatory framework by which is created the statutory professional category of nurse/specialists is published, including the specialty of Mental Health Nursing in the Andalusian Health Service.

In the field of Mental Health, the development of this normative framework and the definition and occupation of positions, will allow the health system to combine the role of specialist nurses with that of nurses who provide general care, Registered Nurses, in order to advance in the best response to the health needs of citizens in this area of ​​care. In this context, the functions and competencies that these specialist nurses will contribute differently to the mental health care model are defined. The development of the specialty will be an added value both to improve the health outcomes of people with mental health problems, and to improve the quality of care, efficiency and sustainability of health systems.

Keywords:
Registered nurse
Psychiatric nurse
Mental health
Community mental health model
Health care system
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Los sistemas sanitarios tienen la responsabilidad de dar respuesta a las nuevas necesidades de salud de la población, que se caracterizan por factores como el envejecimiento, la cronicidad y/o las situaciones de dependencia y que requiere de cuidados de calidad, especializados y adaptados a diferentes ámbitos donde la atención se presta, cuidados ofertados por profesionales formados y cada vez más cualificados para mejorar los resultados en salud de las personas que cuidan.

En el año 2016, en Andalucía se publica el marco normativo por el que se crea la categoría profesional estatutaria de enfermero/a especialistas entre las que se incluye la especialidad de Enfermería de Salud Mental en el Servicio Andaluz de Salud.

En el ámbito de la Salud Mental, el desarrollo de este marco normativo y la definición y ocupación de puestos, permitirá al sistema sanitario conjugar el papel de las Enfermeras Especialistas con el de las enfermeras que prestan cuidados generales, Enfermeras de Graduadas, en pro de avanzar en la mejor respuesta a las necesidades de salud de la ciudadanía en este ámbito de atención. El desarrollo de la especialidad podrá suponer un valor añadido tanto para la mejora de los resultados en salud de las personas con problemas de salud mental, como para mejorar la calidad asistencial, la eficiencia y la sostenibilidad de los sistemas sanitarios.

Palabras clave:
Enfermeras
Enfermeras especialistas
Salud mental
Modelo de salud mental comunitario
Sistema sanitario

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