Abstract
Objective: To describe the performance of nursing professionals in urgency and emergency care in patients with psychiatric disorders. Methods: Study of integrative revision. The research was carried out through the Virtual Health Library (VHL), using inclusion and exclusion criteria of publications, selecting articles through the Health Descriptors (DeCS) published from 2015. Results: A total of 2,592 findings were found, 20 of which met the criteria listed for the results. After the analysis, two categories were chosen with 10 articles each, the first: Nursing procedures in the initial care of patients with mental disorders, and the second category: Training and professional experience. Final considerations: Psychiatric disorders are quite prevalent, and psychiatric emergency situations are routine. Therefore, the nursing team that compose this department needs to understand the process of mental disorders and how to act in different circumstances, beyond the practice is relevant all theoretical knowledge that can be instituted through permanent education.