OBSTETRIC NURSING AND SARS-COV-2

Abstract

This integrative literature review aims to describe the importance of care provided by nursing professionals to women in pregnancy and childbirth during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. The integrative research methodology was applied, following the Literature Review plan by Mendes, Silveira and Galvão (2019). The survey included primary, original articles, complete in English and Portuguese from the last 5 years. The studies were verified in the VHL, SciELO, MEDLINE, BDENF, LILACS, Bireme and academic Google. It was noted that nursing professionals had to look at the health of themselves and their patients holistically, as with the new adaptations of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, patients and also health professionals had to be taken care of by the fact of the challenges in the emotional sphere that both had to overcome, however, the full nursing process as a work strategy contributed to a meaningful and affective quality care, supported by concise guidelines for the care of nursing professionals and women in pregnancy and childbirth during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic under each circumstance.