THE LIVES OF NURSES IN SCREENING UNITS FOR FLU SYNDROMES FACING COVID-19
Nursing. Health Care. Screening. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. COVID-19.
This study aims to understand the experience of nurses working in a Triage Unit for Flu Syndromes in coping with COVID-19. It has a qualitative approach, with the theoretical methodological framework of social phenomenology by Alfred Schütz. Developed with 10 nurses who work in Triage Units for Flu Syndromes in the city of Maceió, Alagoas. Approved by the Ethics and Research Committee of the Federal University of Alagoas, CAAE 36106920.6.0000.5013, in accordance with the ethical principles of Resolution No. 466/12 and No. 510/16 of the National Health Council. The interviews were conducted from August 2020 to January 2021. Open interviews were conducted, in a location chosen by the nurse, based on the following triggering question: “Tell us about your experience during the time you are caring for patients with COVID -19, attended at the Triage Unit for Flu Syndromes". The analysis of the information was based on the assumptions of Alfred Schütz's social phenomenology and three categories emerged: Times lived in coping with COVID-19, The world of life permeated by learning with COVID-19, Repercussions of COVID-19 in the world of nurses' lives. With the need to reorganize health services to deal with covid-19, nurses are essential for nursing care under the New Coronavirus. With this perception, the understanding of the world of life permeated by struggles, challenges, learning and losses are conditions that allow us to understand the experience in the care context in the face of the impacts of the pandemic caused by COVID-19.