ABSTRACT
Objective
to reflect on the dimensions of the human being and nursing care in the pandemic context of Covid-19.
Method
this is a reflection study, in which the corporeal dimensions (Homo somaticus), human life (Homo vivens), knowing (Homo sapiens), will (Homo volens), language (Homo loquens), social (Homo socialis), work (Homo faber), play and fun (Homo ludens) and nursing care in the pandemic context of Covid-19.
Results
the dimensions are being influenced by the pandemic context of the new coronavirus, requiring humanizing nursing interventions, such as transpersonal clinical and therapeutic management, support for the sick physical body, guarantee of a language that enables self-care and psychological support, attitude of open listening, encouraging game practices to spend time and methods of relaxation, meditation and guided imagination, among others. The act of reflecting on the dimensions creates new possibilities for signaling points of intercession for the understanding of the new reality experienced by man.
Conclusion and implications for practice
when reflecting on the dimensions of man in the light of anthropology with the theoretical basis of the Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC) Care Models, possibilities for holistic care are created in the context of the new coronavirus pandemic.
Keywords:
Anthropology; Coronavirus Infections; Existentialism; Nursing Care; Pandemics