Teleconsultation as an advanced practice nursing during the COVID-19 pandemic based on Roy and Chick-Meleis

Teleconsultation can be classified as an advanced practice nursing that requires nurses??? clinical reasoning based on a consistent theoretical framework to use in the nursing process. Our study conducted a theoretical-reflective analysis, based on Callista Roy???s Adaptation Model of Nursing and Chick-Meleis??? Transition Theory, about the contribution of teleconsultation as an advanced practice nursing in the care of older adults with chronic diseases during the COVID-19 pandemic. We reflect on this in two moments: ???nursing theories and dealing with COVID-19??? and ???ways of adapting to new care models and advanced practice nursing,??? based on communication and information technologies. The worsening of the pandemic in Brazil changed life cycles, health/disease and organizational processes, demanding the development of an adaptive-transactional state by users and health care providers. Thus, information and communication technologies combined with advanced practice nursing can relieve social distancing and its repercussions on health care.