Reframing pedagogical practices for learning the nursing process during the COVID-19 pandemic

Area of Science:

• Nursing Education
• Medical Pedagogy
• Pandemic Response in Healthcare

Background:

• The COVID-19 pandemic necessitated rapid adaptation in nursing education globally.
• Teaching the Nursing Process, a core competency, faced unprecedented challenges in remote settings.

Purpose of the Study:

• To investigate the teaching strategies employed by nursing professors for the Nursing Process during the COVID-19 pandemic.
• To explore the lived experiences of nursing faculty adapting to remote instruction.

Main Methods:

• Qualitative hermeneutic-phenomenological study.
• Online individual interviews with 27 nursing professors across Brazil (November 2022 - May 2023).
• Analysis utilized the hermeneutic circle for comprehensive interpretation.

Main Results:

• A central interpretive category emerged: 'Reframing of pedagogical practices of being-nurse-professor-teaching-the-nursing-process'.
• Key themes included openness to others, loneliness in remote teaching, technology as a facilitator, and teaching as care and projection.
• Professors demonstrated resilience by adapting their pedagogical approaches.

Conclusions:

• Faculty reframed teaching by embracing openness and responsibility, projecting new possibilities in the pandemic context.
• Findings underscore the need for flexible, sensitive methodologies adaptable to crisis situations and innovation.
• The study highlights the evolving nature of nursing pedagogy in response to global health crises.