Clinical placement experience of nursing students during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study

ABSTRACT Objective: to identify the students' perception about the quality of clinical placements and asses the influence of the different tutoring processes in clinical learning. Methods: analytical cross-sectional study on second and third year nursing students (n=122) about clinical learning in primary health care. The Clinical Placement Evaluation Tool and a synthetic index of attitudes and skills were computed to give scores to the clinical learning (scale 0-10). Univariate, bivariate and multivariate (multiple linear regression) analyses were performed. Results: the response rate was 91.8%. The most commonly identified tutoring process was "preceptor-professor" (45.2%). The clinical placement was assessed as "optimal" by 55.1%, relationship with team-preceptor was considered good by 80.4% of the cases and the average grade for clinical learning was 7.89. The multiple linear regression model with more explanatory capacity included the variables "Academic year" (beta coefficient = 1.042 for third-year students), "Primary Health Care Area (PHC)" (beta coefficient = 0.308 for Area B) and "Clinical placement perception" (beta coefficient = - 0.204 for a suboptimal perception). Conclusions: timeframe within the academic program, location and clinical placement perception were associated with students' clinical learning. Students' perceptions of setting quality were positive and a good team-preceptor relationship is a matter of relevance.

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Anxiety among Nursing Students towards Clinical Placement during COVID-19 in a Tertiary Hospital of Nepal: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study

Journal of Nepal Medical Association ◽

10.31729/jnma.6132 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 59 (238) ◽

Author(s):

Bidhya Banstola ◽

Nona Shakya ◽

Pushpa Sharma

Keyword(s):

Nursing Students ◽

Coping Strategies ◽

Tertiary Hospital ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Clinical Placement ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Institutional Review ◽

The World ◽

Ethical Approval

Introduction: The world is facing the pandemic of COVID-19 caused by the corona virus since December 2019 and has caused millions of death throughout the world. Exposure of nursing students in clinical placement during pandemic is fearful and stressful with high risk of infection which can cause anxiety and different levels of psychological crisis to individuals. The main objective of the study is to find out the prevalence of anxiety among nursing students during clinical placement in the pandemic of COVID-19. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among 144 nursing students enrolled in different clinical placement of a tertiary hospital of Nepal from 20th January 2021 to 2nd February 2021. Ethical approval was received from the Institutional Review Committee. Demographic, COVID-19 related and Beck Anxiety Inventory questionnaires was used for assessing anxiety. Whole sampling was done. Descriptive statistics was conducted using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences 2016 version. Results: Out of 144 females enrolled in the study, all the nursing students 144 (100%) having clinical placement had anxiety. Among them, 117 (81%) had mild anxiety and 27 (19%) had moderate level of anxiety. All the students used coping strategies for the anxiety. The most commonly used strategy to cope with anxiety was religion (5.03±1.78). Conclusions: All the nursing students had anxiety during the clinical placement and all the students used the coping strategies for the anxiety. Majority of the nursing students had mild anxiety. Religion was most common method of strategy to cope with anxiety.

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Knowledge and attitude of nursing students regarding older adults' sexuality: A cross-sectional study

Nurse Education Today ◽

10.1016/j.nedt.2020.104643 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 96 ◽

pp. 104643

Author(s):

Vivian F.C. Wilschut ◽

Birgit Pianosi ◽

Harmieke van Os-Medendorp ◽

Henk W. Elzevier ◽

Jan S. Jukema ◽

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Keyword(s):

Older Adults ◽

Nursing Students ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Knowledge And Attitude

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Final-year nursing students' foundational knowledge and self-assessed confidence in interpreting cardiac arrhythmias: A cross-sectional study

Nurse Education Today ◽

10.1016/j.nedt.2020.104699 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 97 ◽

pp. 104699

Author(s):

Yingyan Chen ◽

Dima Nasrawi ◽

Debbie Massey ◽

Amy N.B. Johnston ◽

Kathryn Keller ◽

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Keyword(s):

Nursing Students ◽

Cardiac Arrhythmias ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional

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Prelicensure Nursing Students’ COVID-19 Attitude Impact on Nursing Career Decision during Pandemic Threat in Taiwan: A Cross-Sectional Study

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18063272 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (6) ◽

pp. 3272

Author(s):

Shu-Chun Lin ◽

Lee-Fen Ni ◽

Yu-Ming Wang ◽

Shu Hsin Lee ◽

Hung-Chang Liao ◽

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Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Nursing Students ◽

Perceived Control ◽

Career Decision ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Attitude Scale ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Career Decision Making ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Prelicensure Nursing

The COVID-19 pandemic may cause a nursing shortage. Prelicensure nursing students who are exposed to high-stress COVID-19 events are related to defective career decision-making. This study validated the COVID-19 attitude scale and clarified how their attitudes about COVID-19 affected their behavioral intentions toward career decision-making. We conducted a cross-sectional study and recruited a convenience sample of 362 prelicensure nursing students from Northern and Central Taiwan. Two measurements were applied, including the Nursing Students Career Decision-making instrument and COVID-19 attitude scale. We used AMOS (version 22.0) to perform a confirmatory factor analysis. The Cronbach α of the COVID-19 attitude scale was 0.74 and consisted of four factors. The most positive attitude was the nursing belief factor, and the least positive factor was emotional burden. Prelicensure nursing students’ COVID-19 attitudes were significantly positively associated with their career decision-making attitudes and perceived control (ß = 0.41 and ß = 0.40, respectively; p < 0.001). All the key latent variables explained significantly 23% of the variance in the career decision-making behavioral intentions module. In conclusion, the COVID-19 attitude scale is valid. Although the prelicensure nursing students’ COVID-19 attitudes had no direct effect on career decision-making intentions, they had a direct effect on career decision-making attitudes and the perceived control.

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The mediating effect of academic engagement between psychological capital and academic burnout among nursing students during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study

Nurse Education Today ◽

10.1016/j.nedt.2021.104938 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 102 ◽

pp. 104938

Author(s):

Jinfang Wang ◽

Lingrui Bu ◽

Yan Li ◽

Jie Song ◽

Na Li

Keyword(s):

Nursing Students ◽

Academic Engagement ◽

Psychological Capital ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Mediating Effect ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Academic Burnout

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Alcohol Use and Sexual Violence among Nursing Students in Catalonia, Spain: A Multicentre Cross-Sectional Study

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18116036 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (11) ◽

pp. 6036

Author(s):

Concepció Fuentes-Pumarola ◽

Zaira Reyes-Amargant ◽

Alba Berenguer-Simon ◽

David Ballester-Ferrando ◽

Maria Dolors Burjalés-Martí ◽

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Keyword(s):

Nursing Students ◽

Alcohol Use ◽

Sexual Violence ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Future Health ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Convenience Sample ◽

Sexual Activities ◽

Estimate Prevalence

(1) Background: Sexual violence (SV) has become common in universities for reasons related to unwanted social/peer pressures regarding alcohol/drug use and sexual activities. Objectives: To identify perceptions of SV and alcohol use and estimate prevalence among nursing students in Catalonia, Spain. (2) Methods: Observational descriptive cross-sectional study of a convenience sample of nursing students attending public universities. (3) Results: We recruited 686 students (86.11% women), who reported as follows: 68.7% had consumed alcohol, 65.6% had been drunk at least once in the previous year, 62.65% had experienced blackouts and 25.55% had felt pressured to consume alcohol. Drunkenness and blackouts were related (p < 0.000). Of the 15.6% of respondents who had experienced SV, 47.7% experienced SV while under the influence of alcohol and were insufficiently alert to stop what was happening, while 3.06% reported rape. SV was more likely to be experienced by women (OR: 2.770; CI 95%: 1.229–6.242; p = 0.014), individuals reporting a drunk episode in the previous year (OR: 2.839; 95% CI: 1.551–5.197; p = 0.001) and individuals pressured to consume alcohol (OR: 2.091; 95% CI: 1.332–3.281; p = 0.001). (4) Conclusions: Nursing instructors need to raise student awareness of both the effects of alcohol use and SV, so as to equip these future health professionals with the knowledge and skills necessary to deal with SV among young people.

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