COVID 19: Disruptive impacts and transformative opportunities in undergraduate nurse education

Mental strain and changes in psychological health hub among intern-nursing students at pediatric and medical-surgical units amid ambience of COVID-19 pandemic: A comprehensive survey

“… Lai et al (2020) recommended that frontline health care providers who suffered from COVID-19- related stress in an immense need for psychological interventions immediately after this outbreak. Another recent study also emphasizes that nursing students should be well supported during COVID-19 crisis in order to guarantee their involvement in any future pandemics ( Carolan et al, 2020 ). This urge lent further agreement with the results of the current study in which factors causing stress among the intern-nursing students were negatively correlated with their coping strategies and willingness to participate in future outbreaks.…”

“…(Mental Health America, 2020). Eventually, taking care of nurse students’ overall mental wellbeing is a vital pillar for building a new generation of qualified nurses, who will be able to make a difference and move the nursing profession forward ( Carolan, et al 2020 ).…”

The triple-edged sword of COVID-19: understanding the use of digital technologies and the impact of productive, disruptive, and destructive nature of the pandemic

“…• Transformational Disruption: To continue to remain productive and efficient in this disruptive environment, COVID-19 has enforced many million individuals, students, employees to instantly adopt the digital technologies that expedite communication, data acquisition, research and development, and management. In line with the latter argument, Carolan et al (2020) report that the rapid response of many higher education institutions -in almost every country -has been to replicate conventional face-to-face didactic tutoring with synchronous teaching or asynchronous lecture capture or podcasts. Ensuring business continuousness is one of the highest priorities for every organization (i.e., from private, public or third sector); however, many are compelled to cut costs and make redundancies (examples include aviation, higher education, retail sectors).…”

Psychometric Properties of ‘Attitude towards e-Learning Scale’ among Nursing Students

“…The challenges in the shift to online educational delivery are influenced by several factors, such as the prevailing attitude toward e-learning and pedagogy of students (Carolan et al 2020). Research into student attitudes is essential in assessing whether students' consider the use of technology in education is useful, beneficial, and acceptable for their learning (Wong and Fong 2014).…”