Experiences of nursing professionals during the Covid-19 pandemic: challenges, strengths, weaknesses and strategies

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Published Mar 16, 2023
DOI https://doi.org/10.25248/reas.e12019.2023

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Andressa Arruda do Nascimento
Karine de Freitas Cáceres Machado
Francisco Fernandes
Oclaris Lopes Munhoz
Silomar Ilha
Universidade Franciscana

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Objective: To identify the experiences of nursing professionals during the Covid-19 pandemic. Methods: This is an exploratory, descriptive research, with a qualitative approach, developed with eight nursing professionals working in an Emergency Care Unit, referenced by the Unified Health System for the treatment of Covid-19, located in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Data were collected between November and December 2021, using a semi-structured instrument built specifically for this research and were analyzed using the discursive textual analysis technique. Results: It was possible to create a central category and three base units that led to six categories: challenges in the professional aspect of nursing; challenges in the personal and family context of nursing professionals; potentialities in pandemic time: learning, knowledge and union of Nursing; weaknesses in pandemic times: physical and mental exhaustion, impotence, anxiety; labor gymnastics, psychological follow-up and therapies; workload and salary appreciation. Conclusion: It is noted that the pandemic led nursing professionals to numerous positive and negative experiences, as well as suggestions for strategies to help them in the studied professional routine.

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NascimentoA. A. do, MachadoK. de F. C., FernandesF., MunhozO. L., & IlhaS. (2023). Experiences of nursing professionals during the Covid-19 pandemic: challenges, strengths, weaknesses and strategies. Electronic Journal Collection Health, 23(3), e12019. https://doi.org/10.25248/reas.e12019.2023
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Vol 23 No 3 (2023): Revista Eletrônica Acervo Saúde (ISSN 2178-2091) | Volume 23 (3) | 2023
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