SCIENTIFIC CONSTRUCTION OF NURSES' WORK DURING PANDEMICS: INTEGRATIVE REVIEW

Abstract

Objective: to analyze the theme of publications related to nurses' work during pandemics. Method: integrative literature review at the Virtual Health Library database, from May to June 2020. The thematic content analysis technique was used for data analysis. Results: the final sample consisted of 15 articles for evaluation. The findings were categorized into the themes: occupational risks, management, working conditions and health education. The macro category work is dissociated from recognition, social valorization, unawareness of the profession and the work process. Conclusion: the analyzed publications do not bring innovative aspects in the field of human care and health conception, much less a conception of health other than the absence of disease, beyond a physical body, being nurses' role in the pandemics related to the work centralization.