Nursing assistance in COVID-19 cardiovascular complications: Integrative Literature Review

Abstract

This study aims to describe the aspects related to nursing care in cardiovascular complications of COVID-19. This is an integrative literature review, carried out in March 2021, through the search for articles in the scientific databases, published between January 2020 and February 2021. For the treatment of the data, the analysis technique was used of content 04 complete original articles were selected that answer the central question of the research and that were organized in three categories according to the evidences found. The analysis of the literature shows that the articles address nursing care through teleconsultation, nursing care in the cardiac complications of COVID-19 and nursing management in a cardiological unit in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. It is concluded that nursing has a wide field of action in the front line and great challenges are faced when dealing with a new disease. The losses of COVID-19 to the cardiovascular system are present in the short and long term and nurses play an important role in the prevention, diagnosis, monitoring, treatment and rehabilitation of heart diseases.