Coping with the COVID 19 Pandemic Brings to Light Decades Old Nursing Demands

Abstract

COVID 10 coping efforts are shining a harsh light on the historical demands of nursing These include the improvement of poor working conditions, the qualiquantitative lack of personal protection equipment (and nurse understaffing These and other matters are advocated for by nursing organizations, which have been waiting for over two decades for the approval of bills in the National Congress What to make of authorities claiming that our demands cannot be met because we are too many when compared to other professions? Feelings such as disappointment, lack of recognition, senselessness, incoherence, discrimination, and ignorance about the nature of the profession all contribute to our disbelief It is time society supported this category in such challenges, recognizing the profession’s specific characteristics and the leading role played by nurses, providing the category with the conditions it needs to consolidate its social practice with quality and safety.