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The COVID-19 pandemic has affected many areas of life, including the formation of nursing students. After the COVID-19 crisis, learning during clinical training created different challenges. Nursing schools are responsible for ensuring that structures are in place to facilitate coping in the changed...

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Veröffentlicht in:International journal of environmental research and public health 2022-10, Vol.19 (21), p.14242
Hauptverfasser: Alcalá-Albert, Gregorio Jesús, García-Carpintero Blas, Eva, Gómez-Moreno, Cristina, González-Morón, Carla, Sanz-Melero, Ana, Robledillo-Mesa, Alejandra Sofía, Vélez-Vélez, Esperanza
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Zusammenfassung:The COVID-19 pandemic has affected many areas of life, including the formation of nursing students. After the COVID-19 crisis, learning during clinical training created different challenges. Nursing schools are responsible for ensuring that structures are in place to facilitate coping in the changed clinical setting. This study aimed to analyze nursing students' perceptions during clinical training while caring for COVID-19 patients. A qualitative phenomenological study that explored nursing students' perceptions of learning in clinical settings with COVID-19 patients was performed. A total of 15 semi-structured face-to-face interviews were conducted with nursing students who carried out their clinical practices in COVID-19 units during February and April 2022. Through content analysis, categorization, and the method of comparison constant, four categories emerged: feelings, challenges, coping methods, and clinical practices. The students had to learn to "work" with fear and uncertainty and self-manage the emotional burden using different coping techniques to deal with learning during their practices. Interacting with professors and clinical tutors during the clinical practice were positive experiences. This study constituted an opportunity to build new and adapted educational approaches for teachers to train nursing students to deal with their emotions and thoughts in future pandemic situations.
ISSN:1660-4601
1661-7827
1660-4601
DOI:10.3390/ijerph192114242