Nursing care management strategies to address the COVID-19 pandemic.

OBJECTIVE

To characterize nursing care management strategies for addressing the COVID-19 pandemic.

METHOD: A descriptive, qualitative study conducted with 22 nurse professionals at a University Hospital in Southern Brazil. Data collection through interviews in June and August 2021, analyzed according to Bardin's Content Analysis and the theoretical framework of complex thinking.

RESULTS

The identified strategies were organized into four categories: Reorganization of health services; People management and emergency admission; Multiprofessional articulation; and Bedside nursing care.

FINAL CONSIDERATIONS: Professional performance revealed a complex interplay between leadership and care management practices, even in the face of working condition restrictions, and were understood as crucial in the pandemic scenario.