New coronavirus: what does nursing have to learn and teach in times of a pandemic?

• Published in: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem Vol. 73; no. suppl 2; p. e20200259
• Main Authors: Backes, Marli Terezinha Stein, Carvalho, Karini Manhães de, Santos, Evangelia Kotzias Atherino Dos, Backes, Dirce Stein
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Brazil Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem 2020
• Subjects: Betacoronavirus; Brazil - epidemiology; Coronavirus; Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology; Coronavirus Infections - nursing; Coronavirus Infections - psychology; COVID-19; Fear; Humans; Nurse's Role - psychology; Nurse’s Role; Nursing; Nursing Care; Nursing Theory; Pandemics; Philosophy, Nursing; Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology; Pneumonia, Viral - nursing; Pneumonia, Viral - psychology; Qualitative Research; SARS-CoV-2; Brazil
• ISSN: 0034-7167; 1984-0446
• DOI: 10.1590/0034-7167-2020-0259

To promote a theoretical reflective analysis of what nursing has to learn and teach to global society in times of OVID-19 pandemic.
Reflective theoretical essay aimed at contributing new knowledge and raising new questions, based on the assumptions of Edgar Morin's complexity thinking, subsidized by readings of texts extracted from electronic databases, as well as speeches by health professionals available in open communication tools.
COVID-19 reiterates that the biological warfare of the current pandemic is not fought with nuclear or fire weapons, but with care in its multiple dimensions: physical, emotional, spiritual, family, social, political and economic.
Nursing has to learn and teach global society that its main object of work, care, is related to the expansion of systemic interactions and associations and the capacity to strengthen the interlocution with complex reality.