DISRUPTIVE IMPACTS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR NURSING EDUCATION DURING COVID-19

Nursing has been and is one of the professions most valued by society. Ecuador, and the entire world, are going through a health crisis caused by COVID-19, in which nursing professionals are at the forefront of this already very long battle, and they have done so in a committed, courageous and generous way. Currently in the face of this pandemic situation, online teaching with teachers and students has been put into practice in the Nursing Degree, through the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) that include the set of tools related to the transmission, processing and digitized storage of information. This modality allows to maximize the use of technology for the generation of knowledge in a systematic way, it favors meaningful learning and with this the integration of theoretical-practical processes is facilitated. This work is linked to nursing teaching, to determine the causes, effects and risk factors of its impact and opportunities during the pandemic. Of the methods used for data processing are, the PESTEL and the AHP Saaty.