Perception of the emotional impact of the nursing staff in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic: experience report
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Objective: To report the perception of the nursing team of a hospital in the municipality of Coari in the interior of the state of Amazonas, in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, exposing the main fears and anxieties in view of the uncertainties of the new world scenario and the challenges to come. Experience report: This epor tis based on the experience of the nursing team in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, demonstrating their fears and anxieties and how the current events in Brazil and in the world can significantly affect the psychological conditions of health professionals, since they have increased risk of contamination due to direct contact with infected patients. Thus, it was observed that the nursing teams have acted with constant psychological pressure, which can cause anxiety and even depression. Final considerations: professionals suffer the same psychological pressures, mainly due to fear in view of the uncertainty of future conditions, in view of the proportion of the pandemic. Therefore, it is necessary that health professionals are attended to in their concerns and helplessness, since the regression of the pandemic depends on it.
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