HIGHER EDUCATION IN NURSING IN THE FACE OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted discussions about nursing education practices in a model that has been little explored in institutions, with nurse educators and public and private institutions taking action to enable the educational development of nursing students in the current context. This is a descriptive study based on a narrative review of the literature. Searches were conducted in the Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Literature (LILACS), Scientific Electronic Library Online and National Library of Medicine (PubMed), and Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO) databases. Eight articles were selected for this study, which were analyzed and discussed under three themes: the shift from face-to-face to remote teaching, the use of Information and Communication Technologies, and the development of students' critical thinking. Thus, this study demonstrated that there was a need to reinvent and develop new teaching strategies, use technologies combined with teaching, and find ways to foster critical thinking in students, enabling them to apply their knowledge in real practice under any circumstances. In addition, it is evident that social inequality and lack of access to technologies directly affected remote teaching during the pandemic.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.56238/sevened2025.038-052