Nurses' challenges in caring for premature babies in the COVID-19 pandemic

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https://doi.org/10.5902/2447115185154

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Care nursing, COVID-19, Infant premature, Neonatal nursing

Abstract

The objective of this study is to identify the challenges faced by nurses in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic for the care of preterm infants. This is an integrative literature review with articles from the LILACS, MEDLINE and BDENF databases through the Virtual Health Library (VHL). The inclusion criteria were: articles published between January 2020 and April 2022, as well as articles available in English, Portuguese and Spanish. Of the eleven (11) articles found, most of them in English and corresponded to Italy and the United States, respectively, on the other hand, a percentage of 27.27% of national articles were found. It is concluded that this study contributes to identify that even with the difficulties faced by the COVID-19 pandemic, there was an improvement for nursing practice.

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Fernanda Gomes Gatinho, Universidade do Estado do Pará

Graduated in Nursing from the State University of Pará, Brazil

Jorgnelma Ferreira Silva, Universidade da Amazônia

Graduated in Nursing from the University of Amazônia, Brazil

Erlane Ribeiro dos Santos, Universidade do Estado do Pará

Nursing student at the State University of Pará, Brazil

Vinicius Silva da Silva, Universidade Federal do Pará

Graduating in Nursing from the State University of Pará, Brazil

Elias Costa Monteiro, Faculdade Pan Amazônica

Graduated in Nursing from Faculdade Pan Amazônica, Brazil

Thais Cristina Flexa Souza Marcelino, Universidade Federal do Pará

Graduated and Master in Nursing, PhD student in Environmental Sciences at the Federal University of Pará

Andrezza Ozela de Vilhena, Universidade Federal do Pará

Graduated in Nursing from the Federal University of Pará, Master in Nursing from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

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2025-05-20

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Gatinho, F. G., Silva, J. F., Santos, E. R. dos, Silva, V. S. da, Monteiro, E. C., Marcelino, T. C. F. S., & Vilhena, A. O. de. (2025). Nurses’ challenges in caring for premature babies in the COVID-19 pandemic. Experiência. Revista Científica De Extensão, 11, e85154. https://doi.org/10.5902/2447115185154

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