COVID-19 pandemic, emergency remote teaching and Nursing Now: challenges for nursing education

Pandemia da COVID-19, enseñanza remota de emergencia y Nursing Now: desafíos para la educación en enfermería

ABSTRACT

Objective  To discuss remote activities in nursing education in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic for strengthening nursing from the perspective of the “Nursing Now” campaign.

Method  Theoretical-reflective study based on literature and critical analysis.

Discussion  Reflection about the measures to control the COVID-19 pandemic and suspend in-person classes, the adoption of alternative forms of teaching, especially online ones, and their repercussions on nursing teaching strategies. There were difficulties regarding the quality of education, unequal access, and lack of knowledge from professors.

Final considerations  The negative impact that emergency distance teaching had on the education of nurses stands out, in contrast to the world movement for the valuing of nurses. The legacy of this crisis must be taken advantage of through the better use of technological resources and their incorporation in teaching, having as a certainty that the distance teaching model does not encompass the totality of nursing education.

Keywords
Coronavirus; Pandemics; Education distance; Education nursing