Planning of the nursing process to the newborn in the facing of covid-19

Objective: to identify scientific evidence in neonatal patients exposed to COVID-19. Method: Integrative literature review carried out from April to August 2020, with a time frame of the period of the largest pandemic in the world, through the MEDLINE Medical Literature analysis and Retrieval System Online database, using the uncontrolled descriptors of the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) vocabulary: “Newborn”, “Coronavirus infections” and “Signs and symptoms”. Conducted from two cycles: integrative literature review and elaboration of the nursing process. Results: based on the clinical evidence found, it was possible to list generating themes for the construction of the nursing process for the newborn in coping with the COVID-19 of the synoptic frame type with the nursing diagnoses of the NANDA-I Taxonomy. The use of clinical evidence in newborns showed respiratory distress, dyspnea, tachypnea, intercostal retractions, cyanosis and groans appeared in 11 (91.7%) articles. Unstable temperature, fever and hyperthermia were reported in 10 (83.3%). Poor diet, food intolerance and vomiting presented in 7 (58.3%). Hypoactivity, drowsiness and lethargy observed in 5 (41.7%). Conclusion: although the production of studies on the subject is incipient, it is hoped that this research can contribute to the clinical practice of the professional in the front line against COVID-19.