Santana Rosimere Ferreira, Silva Marcos Barragan da, Marcos Daniela Aparecida da Silva Rebouças, Rosa Cristiane Dos Santos, Wetzel Junior Willi, Delvalle Romulo
Universidade Federal Fluminense. Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Residencial Geriátrico Vida. Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Rev Bras Enferm. 2020 Sep 18;73(suppl 2):e20200260. doi: 10.1590/0034-7167-2020-0260. eCollection 2020.
to develop a protocol of recommendations for facing dissemination of COVID-19 in Brazilian Nursing Homes.
a study of experts' recommendations using a structured form applied through the Delphi Technique, obtaining 100% agreement among professionals after four rounds of analysis. The population comprised six nurses members of the Scientific Department of Gerontological Nursing of the Brazilian Association of Nursing (Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem).
the protocol was structured in a nucleus of nursing interventions to face the spread of COVID-19 in Nursing Homes, consisting of 8 actions.
the protocol can help nurse managers to organize assistance to face the pandemic, which can be adaptable to each reality, making training nurses and health teams easier.