Nursing teaching during the covid-19 pandemic / O ensino de enfermagem durante a pandemia de Covid-19 / La educación de enfermería durante la pandemia de Covid-19

O ano de 2020 ficou marcado como o ano dos desafios, devido aos inúmeros acontecimentos ocasionados pela COVID-19, desta forma objetiva-se quantificar e descrever as características da produção científica sobre o ensino de graduação em enfermagem no contexto da pandemia da COVID-19. Trata-se de um estudo quantitativo, descritivo e com enfoque teórico, ancorado em publicações nacionais, com a pesquisa realizada no mês de janeiro de 2021 nas bases de dados BDENF, LILACS e Medline. Os critérios de inclusão foram autores brasileiros, ano da publicação (2020), categorizado como artigo original, acesso ao texto completo e temática correlata ao processo de educação e formação de enfermeiros no nível de graduação. Foram encontrados 47 estudos, após a leitura dos resumos apenas 11 contemplavam os critérios de inclusão estabelecidos para leitura na íntegra que após a leitura minuciosa foram analisados conforme as sete categorias propostas. Fato marcante das onze publicações evidenciadas no estudo foi a condição de afastamento social imposta pelo contexto da pandemia, fazendo necessária a utilização de ferramentas da tecnologia da informação e comunicação, conhecidas anteriormente por meio dos cursos de educação a distância, além da preocupação com o atendimento aos requisitos que garantam a qualidade na formação em enfermagem. Os resultados desta pesquisa evidenciam que o tema pesquisado é emergente, o que sugere que há um grande campo de estudo para o desenvolvimento de pesquisas que correlacionem o ensino de graduação em enfermagem no contexto da pandemia da COVID-19 com a prática pedagógica por meio do ensino remoto.

The year 2020 was marked as the year of challenges, due to the countless events caused by COVID-19, thus aiming to quantify and describe the characteristics of scientific production on undergraduate nursing education in the context of the pandemic of COVID-19. This is a quantitative, descriptive study with a theoretical focus, anchored in national publications, with the research carried out in January 2021 in the databases BDENF, LILACS and Medline. The inclusion criteria were Brazilian authors, year of publication (2020), categorized as original article, access to the full text and thematic correlated to the education and training process of nurses at the undergraduate level. 47 studies were found, after reading the abstracts, only 11 contemplated the inclusion criteria established for reading in full, which after careful reading were analyzed according to the seven proposed categories. A striking fact of the eleven publications evidenced in the study was the condition of social isolation imposed by the context of the pandemic, making it necessary to use information and communication technology tools, previously known through distance education courses, in addition to the concern with service to the requirements that guarantee quality in nursing education. The results of this research show that the researched topic is emerging, which suggests that there is a large field of study for the development of research that correlates undergraduate nursing education in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic with pedagogical practice through the remote teaching.

El año 2020 fue marcado como el año de los desafíos, debido a los numerosos eventos provocados por el COVID-19, de esta manera se pretende cuantificar y describir las características de la producción científica sobre la formación de pregrado en enfermería en el contexto de la pandemia del COVID-19. Se trata de un estudio cuantitativo, descriptivo y con enfoque teórico, anclado en publicaciones nacionales, con la búsqueda realizada en enero de 2021 en las bases de datos BDENF, LILACS y Medline. Los criterios de inclusión fueron autores brasileños, año de publicación (2020), categorizado como artículo original, acceso al texto completo y tema correlacionado con el proceso de educación y formación de enfermeras a nivel de pregrado. Se encontraron 47 estudios, tras la lectura de los resúmenes, sólo 11 cumplían los criterios de inclusión establecidos para su lectura completa, que tras una lectura exhaustiva se analizaron según las siete categorías propuestas. Un hecho llamativo de las once publicaciones evidenciadas en el estudio fue la condición de retraimiento social impuesta por el contexto pandémico, haciendo necesario el uso de herramientas de tecnología de la información y la comunicación, antes conocidas a través de cursos de educación a distancia, además de la preocupación con el cumplimiento de los requisitos que garantizan la calidad en la educación de enfermería. Los resultados de esta investigación muestran que el tema investigado es emergente, lo que sugiere que existe un amplio campo de estudio para el desarrollo de investigaciones que correlacionen la educación de pregrado en enfermería en el contexto de la pandemia de COVID- 19 con la práctica pedagógica a través de la enseñanza a distancia.

Bibliometric Analysis on Geriatric Nursing Research in Web of Science (1900-2020).

OBJECTIVE: Aging is a growing public health concern for people, organizations, and governments. The current study was undertaken to provide insights into the global research output on geriatric nursing. METHODS: A bibliometric study was implemented using the WoS database for the period from 1900 to 2020. Various tools and measures were used to analyze and visualized. RESULTS: The search strategy found 4923 papers. The oldest paper was written by Beverly C. Andre in 1953. As team size increases, so does the number of citations. The USA was the active country and the highest number of coauthors. New York University was an active institution. Stig Karlsson was the most active author in Geriatric Nursing with 28 articles from Sweden, followed by Koen Milisen and Sandman, with 26 articles each from Sweden and Belgium. The most frequent words in this field were depression, malnutrition, education, Alzheimer's disease, and dementia. The latest research themes in this field were COVID-19, interprofessional locomotive syndrome, emergency nursing, and public health. The most influential papers were specified. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society was the most active journal. CONCLUSIONS: Geriatric nursing is a rooted field and has received special attention in the last decade. Policymakers, especially in developing countries, should pay attention to geriatric nursing as a specialty of nursing to solve aging issues they would face considering the increasing elderly population.

Uprooting race-based assumptions in biomedical journal articles.

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has exacerbated the structural inequities in healthcare and the challenges of translating research into public discourse. This article highlights key antiracist considerations, presents previously noted core challenges, and provides recommendations for writing and reporting. Importantly, this article contributes to combating racialized science in the biomedical community.

Scientific efforts on SARS-CoV-2 research: A global survey analysis.

INTRODUCTION: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) outbreak has been a global pandemic. Researchers have made great efforts to investigate SARS-CoV-2. However, there are few studies analyzing the general situation of SARS-CoV-2 research at global level. This study aimed to characterize global scientific efforts based on SARS-CoV-2 publications. METHODOLOGY: SARS-CoV-2 -related publications were retrieved using Web of Science. The number of publications, citation, country, journal, study topic, total confirmed cases, and total deaths were analyzed. RESULTS: A total of 441 publications were identified. China contributed the largest number of publications (198, 44.90%), followed by USA (51, 11.56%), Italy (28, 6.35%), Germany (19, 4.31%), and South Korea (13, 2.95%). Upper-middle-income economies (51.70%) produced the most SARS-CoV-2 publications, followed by high-income (45.12%), lower-middle-income (2.95%), and low-income economies (0.23%). The research output had a significant correlations with total confirmed cases (r = 0.666, p = 0.000) and total deaths (r = 0.610, p = 0.000). China had the highest total citations (1947), followed by USA (204), and Germany (54). China also had the highest average citations (9.83), followed by Netherlands (5.80), and Canada (5.43). The most popular journals were Journal of Medical Virology, Eurosurveillance, and Emerging Microbes and Infections. The most discussed topic was the epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2. CONCLUSIONS: Scientific research on SARS-CoV-2 is from worldwide researchers' efforts, with some countries and journals having special contributions. The countries with more total confirmed cases and total deaths tend to have more research output in the field of SARS-CoV-2. China was the most prolific country, and had the highest quality of publications on SARS-CoV-2.

The FEBS Journal in 2021: a sharp reminder that science really matters.

The FEBS Journal, a leading multidisciplinary journal in the life sciences, continues to grow in visibility and impact. Here, the Editor-in-Chief Seamus Martin discusses developments at the journal over the past year and the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on research activities.

Fast news or fake news?: The advantages and the pitfalls of rapid publication through pre-print servers during a pandemic.

Pre-print servers have helped to rapidly publish important information during the COVID-19 pandemic. The downside is the risk of spreading false information or fake news though.