Atuação do enfermeiro forense nos serviços de atenção à saúde frente às vítimas de crimes sexuais: uma revisão integrativa

Abstract

Introduction: Sexual violence is an action that persists in the social environment and in Brazil over a decade (2012-2021) 583,156 people were victims of rape. The nurse is in a strategic position for the care of the person who is a victim of rape, because it is the professional who is at the entrance door of the health system. Objective: To describe the role of the forensic nurse in health care services in the face of victims of sexual crimes. Methodology: The work in question is an integrative review. Data collection was performed through consultation with publications in the National Library of Medicine (PubMed), Scopus, Lilacs databases via VHL, Google Scholar, Open Gray and The Brazilian Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (BDTD), without restriction of time and language. The following question was elaborated through the PICO achromy: What is the scientific evidence of nurses' actions in relation to victims of sexual crimes in health care services? Results: In the work process of the forensic nurse in the face of victims of sexual violence, actions such as: reception, physical examination and collection of biological material are the main processes in which it is involved/inserted, since most of the time it is the first professional to have contact with the victim. Other actions such as chain of custody follow-up, treatment and prophylaxis of sexually transmitted infections and issues related to legal or family aspects are little mentioned in the literature. Conclusion: The performance of the forensic nurse in the face of victims of sexual violence is not restricted only to welcoming and physical examination, there are other actions and attributions that involve their presence. Thus, its performance is of paramount importance to meet with quality and safety the patient/victim of sexual abuse and nursing is a link between justice and health contributing to the resolution of sexual crimes.