Living in COVID's Disbeliefs, Media, and Fear: Nurses in Brazil and the United States Share Their Experiences.

RISK-taking behavior; NURSES' attitudes; MASS media; PUBLIC relations; WORK; PRACTICAL politics; RESEARCH methodology; SOCIAL media; FEAR; INTERVIEWING; EXPERIENTIAL learning; HOSPITAL nursing staff; HEALTH attitudes; CONTENT analysis; JUDGMENT sampling; STATISTICAL sampling; COVID-19 pandemic; COMMUNITY health nursing; SECONDARY analysis

BRAZIL; UNITED States

During the COVID-19 pandemic, nurses were placed in an unprecedented context in which they engaged with community members, family members, and friends while positioned between dire hospital situations and community disbelief about the seriousness of the pandemic, often along political lines. A secondary analysis of a qualitative study exploring experiences of 39 nurses in the United States and Brazil in engaging with the community and political discourse during the pandemic provided insights into the impact of these interactions on nurses, and implications for how nurses may emerge from this pandemic time stronger and more supported by those in administrative positions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]