Training of nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic in southernmost Brazil: a cross-sectional study

Capellari, Claudia; Kaiser, Dagmar Elaine; Diehl, Tamires Viviane Aparecida; Muniz, Gabriela de Carvalho; Mancia, Joel Rolim

doi:10.1590/2177-9465-EAN-2021-0447en

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RESEARCH • Esc. Anna. Nery 26 (spe) • 2022 • https://doi.org/10.1590/2177-9465-EAN-2021-0447en copy

Training of nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic in southernmost Brazil: a cross-sectional study

Authorship SCIMAGO INSTITUTIONS RANKINGS

ABSTRACT

Objectives

To identify the strategies adopted to proceed to education nursing during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods

A cross-sectional study was carried out with coordinators of undergraduate nursing programs in the Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Data collection was carried out online between November 2020 and March 2021.

Results

A total of 48 coordinators participated. Higher Education Institutions adopted Emergency Remote Education in an average time of 26.9 days after determining social distance and the median of 45 days concerning mandatory internships. In 2020/1, 81.3% of institutions kept students in this activity, and in 2020/2, the number increased to 85.4%. Direct supervision was carried out in 50% of institutions in internships. Access to platforms and digital libraries and asynchronous access to content stood out as an aid to students. Conclusion and implications for practice: Strategies for continuity of teaching included adopting an online strategy, resumption of curricular internships, reducing the number of students per class in practical classes, and student aid. The present study involved the identification of initiatives that ensured nursing education in the context of the pandemic, encouraging the need for new investigations that focus on assessing the impact of such measures on education quality.

Keywords:
Coronavirus; Education, Nursing; Nursing; Pandemic; Teaching

Variables	Sample
Number of days between social isolation and resumption of activitiesA
Mean±Standard Deviation (range)	63.9±64.8 (0 – 270)
Median (1^st – 3^rd quartile)	45.0 (16.0 – 90.0)
PPE supplyB
The HEIs provided the necessary PPE to the students	37	77.1
The HEIs provided the necessary PPE to the teachers	37	77.1
The Internship Granting Unit (health service) provided the necessary PPE to the students	20	41.7
The Internship Granting Unit (health service) provided the necessary PPE to the teachers	7	14.6
The teachers provided the necessary PPE	4	8.3
The students provided the necessary PPE	13	27.1
Conditions for the occurrence of the mandatory internships
The guiding professors performed direct supervision	24	50.0
The HEI hired nurses to carry out direct supervision	5	10.4
The guiding professors performed indirect supervision	18	37.5
The Internship Granting Unit allowed resumption of the activities, limiting the number of students per field	36	75.0
The Internship Granting Unit did not allow resumption of the activities	5	10.4
There was no supervision, as there were no curricular internships	5	10.4

Variables	SampleA
Curricular Internships
Number of students in Curricular Internships in 2020/1	39	81.3
Mean±Standard Deviation (range)	36.1±24.7 (8 – 120)
Median (1^st – 3^rd quartile)	29.0 (20.0 – 45.0)
Number of students in Curricular Internships in 2020/2	41	85.4
Mean±Standard Deviation (range)	34.7±25.1 (8 – 120)
Median (1^st – 3^rd quartile)	28.0 (19.0 – 44.0)
Number of students at AEBCC in 2020/1	18	37.5
Mean±Standard Deviation (range)	11.9±28.2 (1 – 122)
Median (1^st – 3^rd quartile)	4.0 (1.0 – 6.0)
Number of students at AEBCC in 2020/2	17	35.4
Mean±Standard Deviation (range)	12.5±30.7 (1 – 130)
Median (1^st – 3^rd quartile)	4.0 (1.0 – 10.0)

Assistance offered to the students to follow-up classes	TotalA		Institution's administrative categoryB
	TotalA		Federal public (n=13)		Community (n=14)		Private (n=18)		Philanthropic (n=2)		p ^¶ ¶ Chi-square adherence test.
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Access to digital platforms	40	83.3	7	53.8	12	85.7	19	100.0	2	100.0	0.011
Training in the use of digital platforms	28	58.3	5	38.5	11	78.6	10	52.6	2	100.0	0.039
Digital library	43	89.6	11	84.6	13	92.9	17	89.5	2	100.0	0.256
Physical library	13	27.1	1	7.7	3	21.4	7	36.8	2	100.0	0.043
University restaurant	2	4.2	0	0.0	1	7.1	1	5.3	0	0.0	- - -
Possibility of accessing class content asynchronously	38	79.2	11	84.6	10	71.4	15	78.9	2	100.0	0.366
Internet	36	75.0	12	92.3	9	64.3	15	78.9	0	0.0	0.106
Other aids	10	20.8	5	35.7	5	26.3	0	0.0	0	0.0	- - -

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[1] Corresponding author:
Claudia Capellari. E-mail: capellaric@gmail.com