Professional performance in front of the COVID-19 pandemic: difficulties and possibilities

• Autor(a) principal: Carvalho, Ana Luisa de Souza
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Assad, Suellen Gomes Barbosa, Santos, Silvia Cristina Pereira dos, Rodrigues, Gabryella Vencionek Barbosa, Valente, Geilsa Soraia Cavalcanti, Cortez, Elaine Antunes
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/8025
• topic: Professional practice; Coronavirus; Pandemics; Health personnel.; Práctica profesional; Coronavirus; Pandemias; Personal sanitario.; Prática profissional; Coronavirus; Pandemias; Pessoal de saúde.

Objective: to report the experience of professionals who work in different scenarios in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Methodology: This is an experience report about the experience of 4 health professionals, 3 nurses and 1 psychologist, who work in different regions of the State of Rio de Janeiro, in different work scenarios: Family Health Strategy; Emergency care unit; Private technical and higher education institution and clinical practice, in the pandemic period from March to April 2020, place of professional activity of the study participants. Results: As a result, the main difficulties and potentialities were faced in the face of the pandemic, in the area of teaching and assistance, which were: Need to adapt to new technological tools; Difficulty in adapting quickly to the transition from classroom teaching to online teaching; Insufficient human and material resources and qualification, in addition to psychological damage; however, the development of the capacity for resilience and professional union was reported. Final Considerations: The psychological damage faced by these professionals is worrying, thus requiring self-care and support among team members in order to ensure their mental health.