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Objective: explore how the Brazilian online community mobilized its own coping resources during the COVID-19 pandemic to deal with mass vaccination concerns, manage and cope with personal stressors brought on by the pandemic, and seek social support. Method: the Canadian Population Health Promotion Model and the Transactional Model of Stress and Coping framed this media content analysis focusing on a socially impactful event: the authorization of COVID-19 vaccinations in Brazil. Results: the retrieval of posts (January-May 2021) found 488 contents distributed as modus operandi (n=117; 24%), coping strategies focused on emotion (n=175; 35.8%), on problem (n=40; 8.1%), on reflection (n=67; 13.7%), and offer of social support (n=89; 18.2%). Among the top-five (n=393; 80.5%) actions and coping strategies, 255 contents about coping strategies with a predominant discourse on emotion-focused coping (n=160; 63.2 %). Conclusion: interactions sustained a feeling of connection and created a context for belonging, support, and motivation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: reflect on opportunities for the internationalization of nursing in Lusophone countries provided by an international network of nursing knowledge. Method: a reflexive method leading to the modified perception of a given situation leading to new ideas, revealing themes of analysis and proposals for possible solutions through an action plan. This reflection focused on interdisciplinary dialogues, methodologicalconceptual innovation, and strengthening of leadership in nursing. Results: the reflection focused on: 1) the dialogue beyond the Lusophone cultural and scientific context for the Network to be recognized as a substantial intellectual partner; 2) the incorporation of multidisciplinary approaches, references, and research designs; and 3) the mobilization of knowledge about social causes to strengthen global nursing leadership in issues of social justice and health equity. Final considerations: Lusophone nursing has expertise to innovate with strategies to strengthen internationalization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]