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Implementation of COVID-19 telemonitoring: repercussions in Nursing academic training

Implementación del telemonitoreo para COVID-19: repercusiones en la formación académica de Enfermería

ABSTRACT

Objective:

To report the repercussions of implementing the monitoring of suspected and confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Nursing academic training.

Method:

A descriptive experience report by 14 students and four professors of a Nursing course located in the South of Brazil, in the monitoring of COVID-19 cases throughout June and August 2020.

Results:

Monitoring was performed by phone, and it provided repercussions on academic training in the following dimensions: care, managerial, educational and research; such dimensions fostering teaching-service integration and providing opportunities for the development of work tools that promote access to services and qualification of the nurses' clinical practice.

Final considerations:

Monitoring reinforced the importance of the technological and technical-scientific development of nurses, focusing on the use of new devices for monitoring and supporting users, seeking to promote comprehensive health.

Keywords:
Nursing; Primary Health Care; Nursing care; Coronavirus infections; Telemonitoring; Pandemics

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