Portraying nurses' professional performance in COVID-19 Intensive Care Units: an integrative review
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COVID-19, Nursing Care, Nursing, Occupational Health, Intensive Care UnitsAbstract
Objective: to analyze and integrate diverse scientific evidence about the knowledge produced in terms of care, occupational, physical and emotional health by nurses working in a COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit. Method: an integrative literature review conducted in March 2022 in PubMed, Excerpta Medica Database, Scopus, Web of Science, Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature and Biblioteca Virtual da Saúde. Results: the data extracted from 39 articles were integrated into three topics: Nurses' physical and emotional in the Intensive Care Unit; Occupational health of COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit workers; and The Nursing care revolution in COVID-19 times. Conclusion: during the COVID-19 pandemic, the nurses working in Intensive Care Units were exposed to extended workdays and inadequate working conditions. They worked seeking new technologies to promote care and also as advocates of the patients' rights.
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