New Coronavirus pandemic (SARS-CoV-2): nursing protagonism - a relation of the past with the present and perspectives for the future

Abstract

Objectives: Carry out a reflection on the global pandemic of the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and the role of nursing in this context, relating the present with the past and perspectives for the future. Methodology: Study of theoretical and descriptive reflection in a social-economic-political context. Results: Describes the SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19 disease; it also points out the global strategies to minimize its rapid spread. She reports the role of nursing in this context, as they are the professionals who are at the forefront of infection control of a disease without specific treatment and for being on the side of patients 24 hours a day, from basic to intensive care. Add to these factors the work done with the scarcity, the absence or lack of quality and safety of personal protective equipment, the lack of human resources, professionals away from work due to COVID-19, deaths and a lack of social visibility from the past that is present in this pandemic. Conclusion: Nursing in this pandemic has gained visibility and prominence in the world. The perspectives for the future of nursing and the importance of carrying out political actions must therefore aim at meeting the identified demands to avoid the problems of the past, abundantly evidenced in this pandemic.