Basic human needs of the elderly with COVID-19: Scoping review

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36489/nursing.2022v25i291p8364-8377

Keywords:

Nursing care, social vulnerability, Worker's health, COVID-19

Abstract

Objective: To describe the performance and thinking of Nursing in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic related to health and safety conditions at work. Method: This is a study of a systematic literature review article, carried out through a data survey from the Virtual Health Library during the months of April to July 2020. Results: 9 articles were selected that stated the challenge of Nursing in the field of health edu-cation, work with existing limitations and its importance on the front line. Conclu-sion: This pandemic allows a reflection on nursing workers, their working condi-tions, care for patients with different vulnerabilities and characteristics. Thinking about their anxieties, fears, uncertainties and safe working conditions can favor the implementation of the worker's health and safety policy, implement measures to pre-vent and control occupational contamination, adequate hospital structure, integrated institutional network of psychological support.

Author Biographies

Aline da Silva Paula

Nurse. MBA in Health Management and Infection Control. Master's student at the Graduate Program in Nursing at the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR). Member of the GMPI-UFPR - Curitiba (PR) Brazil.

Karina Silveira de Almeida Hammerschmidt

Nurse. Doctor in Nursing. Member of the GMPI-UFPR - Curitiba (PR) Brazil. Professor at the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR).

Maria Helena Lenardt

Nurse. PhD. Senior Professor of the Graduate Program in Nursing at the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR). Curitiba, Paraná (PR), Brazil.

Susanne Elero Betiolli

Nurse. Doctor in Nursing. Professor at the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR). Member and vice-leader of the Multiprofessional Research Group on the Elderly (GMPI)-UFPR - Curitiba (PR) Brazil.

Alcione Oliveira de Souza

Nurse. Professor at the Federal Institute of Paraná (IFPR) Curitiba, Paraná (PR), Brazil. Master Stricto Sensu in Health Promotion. Doctoral student at the Graduate Program in Nursing at the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR). Member of the GMPI-UFPR - Curitiba (PR) Brazil.

Neidamar Pedrini Arias Fugaça

Nurse. Professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná (PUCPR). Superintendent of Vita Batel and Vita Curitiba PR Hospitals. Education: Master Master in Technology in the Health Area. Doctorate from the Graduate Program in Nursing at the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR). Member of the GMPI-UFPR - Curitiba (PR) Brazil.

Published

2022-08-05

How to Cite

da Silva Paula, A., Silveira de Almeida Hammerschmidt, K., Lenardt, M. H., Elero Betiolli, S., Oliveira de Souza, A., & Arias Fugaça, N. P. (2022). Basic human needs of the elderly with COVID-19: Scoping review. Nursing Edição Brasileira, 25(291), 8364–8377. https://doi.org/10.36489/nursing.2022v25i291p8364-8377

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Section

Artigos Cientí­ficos