Conhecimentos, habilidades e atitudes da enfermagem no contexto do voo espacial: revisão de escopo

Christian Arantes Almeida Braga; Elenildo Pinto Borges; Rui Cavalcante Chaves; Fábio José de Almeida Guilherme; Eliana Rosa da Fonseca; Thiago Augusto Soares Monteiro da Silva

doi:10.33159/25959484.repen.2026v37a06p

Autores

Christian Arantes Almeida Braga
Elenildo Pinto Borges
Rui Cavalcante Chaves
Fábio José de Almeida Guilherme
Eliana Rosa da Fonseca
Thiago Augusto Soares Monteiro da Silva Universidade de Vassouras https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6870-5101

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33159/25959484.repen.2026v37a06p

Palavras-chave:

Enfermagem, Competência Profissional, Vôo espacial

Resumo

Objetivo: identificar os conhecimentos, habilidades e atitudes da Enfermagem no contexto do voo espacial. Método: revisão de escopo em conformidade com JBI, realizada a partir da busca em bases de dados sem balizar o recorte temporal e o idioma. O processo de seleção consistiu em três etapas distintas e foi conduzido por dois revisores independentes. Foi realizada a análise de conteúdo. Resultados: as buscas em bases indexadas identificaram 1.947 publicações, 31 das quais foram incluídas após triagem de acordo com os critérios de elegibilidade. A maioria dos estudos era de natureza descritiva ou reflexiva, com predominância de publicações norte-americanas e em língua inglesa. A análise de conteúdo permitiu categorização dos cuidados de enfermagem em três fases: antes do voo, durante o voo e após o voo espacial. A fase antes do voo, enfatiza a preparação física e emocional dos astronautas, triagens clínicas e simulações de emergência. Durante o voo, em um ambiente de microgravidade, a enfermagem atua estrategicamente nas áreas de monitoramento de saúde, telenfermagem e resposta as emergências. Na fase pós-voo, a ênfase é na readaptação fisiológica e psicossocial dos membros da tripulação. Conclusão: a prática de enfermagem em missões espaciais requer conhecimentos, habilidades avançadas e atitudes para agir de forma autônoma, além do domínio tecnológico, para promover uma assistência qualificada/eficaz no contexto complexo do vôo espacial.

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