[Clinical experience of nursing students: transition of identities]. / Estágio curricular em enfermagem: transição de identidades.

The purpose of this article is to describe nursing students clinical experience in the Maternal-Child and Psychiatric Nursing Department of the School of Nursing of the University of São Paulo (EEUSP). This activity has been implemented since 1996, not only to follow the demands of the Minimum Curriculum in Nursing, but also to give consistency to one of the purposes of the new curriculum of the EEUSP. This new purpose is concentrates on the facilitation of the transition process from being a student to being professional. The authors describe the experience of those involved in the process-Undergraduate student, faculty members and nurses making some considerations, regarding the results that demonstrate development of autonomy and responsibility in the future professional.

[The teaching of psychiatric nursing and the legislation of professional nursing practice]. / O ensino de enfermagem psiquiátrica e a lei do exercício profissional da enfermagem.

This paper presents some questions about the legislation that affects nursing practice. Authors analysed how the principles of this legislation have been used in the psychiatric nursing teaching process.

[The nurse in mental health outpatient clinics]. / O enfermeiro em ambulatórios de saúde mental.

This study emerged from the preoccupation to evaluate the learning needs of psychiatric nurses working in an ambulatory of Mental Health. We verified the type of education they had, the actions they performed and the difficulties and facilities they found in the development of nursing interventions. It was also examined whether these actions are in conformity to the ones prerecognized by the literature or not. The data analysis showed that the majority of the actions are performed by nurses in distinct manners in 6 ambulatories. We perceived, in some events, the "function deviation" in nursing activities of nurse and the nursing team.

[Nursing care in psychiatric emergencies]. / Assistência de enfermagem nas emergências psiquiátricas.

The emergency psychiatric services implantation in general hospitals, at São Paulo City, motivated the authors to write this article. They present some considerations about psychiatric emergencies and the main points in nursing care of the client in a crisis intervention setting.

A utilizacao de padroes nao terapeuticos de comunicacao na interacao aluno-paciente. / The use of nontherapeutic patterns of communication in the interaction student-patient

A autora faz um estudo comparativo entre dois grupos de alunos de Curso de Tecnico de Enfermagem para verificar a frequencia da utilizacao de padroes nao terapeuticos de comunicacao, durante 10 minutos de interacao aluno-paciente, em hosptial psiquiatrico