Management of a university ambulatory service: nursing in the coping of the pandemic of COVID-19

• Published in: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem Vol. 74Suppl 1; no. Suppl 1; pp. e20200834 - 7
• Main Authors: Santos, Raíla de Souza, Barreto, Carla Tatiana Garcia, Lemos, Patrícia Ferraccioli Siqueira, Duarte, Cíntia Araujo, Moreira, Diego da Silva, Reis, Adriana Teixeira, Silva, Fernanda Henriques da, Nunes, Alessandra Sant'Anna
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Brazil Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem 2021
• Subjects: Adaptation, Psychological; Ambulatory care; Ambulatory Care Facilities; Brazil; Contingency planning; Coronavirus Infections; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Data collection; Disease transmission; Health services; Health Services Administration; Humans; Influenza; Inservice Training; International organizations; Medical personnel; Nursing; Pandemics; SARS-CoV-2; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Universities; Brazil
• ISSN: 0034-7167; 1984-0446
• DOI: 10.1590/0034-7167-2020-0834

to describe the implementation and management of a restructured nursing service to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic. a descriptive study, carried out at Piquet Carneiro Polyclinic, a university ambulatory unit, which became a reference for testing the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in the city of Rio de Janeiro. dimensioning of human resources for nursing was carried out; flows for serving users of the unit and for testing SARS-CoV-2; professional training on prevention practices. From March 18 to July 3, a total of 31214 services were made by the nursing team, 25424 for testing and 453 health professionals received professional training. nursing represents an important workforce, planning and management for restructuring health services in an emergency, due to its broad managerial, educative and direct care to the population.