The performance of nursing students in a tele-health service during the COVID-19 pandemic

Rev Gaucha Enferm. 2021 Dec 6:42:e20200483. doi: 10.1590/1983-1447.2021.20200483. eCollection 2021.
[Article in English, Portuguese]

Abstract

Objective: To identify the experiences of nursing students working in a telehealth service to fight the COVID-19.

Method: Qualitative, exploratory, and descriptive study, addressing 31 undergraduate nursing students at a Federal University located in the extreme south of Brazil. Data were collected in October 2020 using an online questionnaire. Textual discourse analysis was used to interpret data.

Results: The students identified facilities, weaknesses, and potentialities of a telehealth service, verifying that it is a strategy that favors the development of skills and competencies during the training of students and to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

Conclusion: The results reveal the students' experiences in a telehealth service designed to fight the COVID-19, showing the importance of including this service in the routine of healthcare services.

MeSH terms

  • COVID-19*
  • Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate*
  • Health Services
  • Humans
  • Pandemics
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Students, Nursing*