Fear and Challenges of Nursing Students Being in Hospital for Clinical Posting During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Exploratory Survey

Rana, Nimarta; Kalal, Nipin; Sharma, Suresh K.

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2022.867606

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“…The mean level of fear of COVID-19 was 16.86 (SD = 6.14) out of a possible score of 35. This finding is in line with the rather limited previous literature [30][31][32]. Yet, scores in this study were lower than those reported from studies conducted in Mexico (25.71) [33] and Thailand (25.6) [34].…”

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Fear, stress, anxiety, depression and insomnia related to COVID-19 among undergraduate nursing students: An international survey

Al Maqbali,

Madkhali,

Gleason

et al. 2023

PLoS ONE

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The emergence of COVID-19 has produced unprecedented change in daily life activities leading to major impacts on psychological wellbeing and sleep among individuals worldwide. The study aimed to assess levels of fear, stress, anxiety, depression, and insomnia among undergraduate nursing students in four countries two years after the start of the pandemic. An international, multi-centre cross-sectional electronic survey was conducted between December 2021 and April 2022. An on-line questionnaire was distributed via Qualtrics® and JISC® software. Instruments included the Fear of COVID-19 Scale, the Perceived Stress Scale, the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale and the Insomnia Severity Index, and a demographics and academic background questionnaire. The independent variables included demographic and academic backgrounds, while fear level, stress, anxiety, depression, and insomnia were the dependent variables. A total of 918 undergraduate nursing students from KSA, Oman, UK, and UAE were participants in the study. Students presented with stress (91.6%), anxiety (69.1%), depression (59.8%), and insomnia (73.2%). The participants’ mean Fear of COVID-19 Scale score was 12.97 (SD = 6.14). There were significant positive relationships between fear of COVID-19, stress, anxiety, depression, and insomnia. Undergraduate nursing students experienced moderate to severe levels of Fear of COVID-19, stress, anxiety, depression, and insomnia two years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Psychological intervention and peer support are needed to reduce the long-term adverse outcomes of mental health problems and insomnia. It is important to introduce education about crisis management of infectious disease during pandemics into the nursing curriculum to increase student knowledge and improve their preparedness for such emergencies.

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Fear, stress, anxiety, depression and insomnia related to COVID-19 among undergraduate nursing students: An international survey

Al Maqbali,

Madkhali,

Gleason

et al. 2023

PLoS ONE

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“…The COVID-19 pandemic has made hospital clinical placements challenging and frightening for intern nurses, who fear incubating the virus and spreading it to their loved ones and colleagues [ 31 ]. Intern nurses have been deployed to COVID-19 departments, taking on roles typically filled by registered nurses.…”

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“…Mostafa and Abu Zead (2021) found that most nursing interns initially showed reluctance to work in isolation units and care for COVID-19 patients due to fear of infection [ 38 ]. Aslan and Pekince (2021) [ 39 ] and Rana et al (2022) [ 31 ] found that 61.1% and 68.1% of students had a moderate fear of contracting the infection, respectively.…”

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A closer look: obsessive-compulsive symptoms among intern nurses amidst COVID-19 pandemic

El-Sayed,

Elhay,

Hawash

et al. 2024

BMC Nurs

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Background The distinctive circumstances and socio-cultural context in Egypt make it crucial to explore the psychological well-being of intern nurses amid the COVID-19 pandemic, with a specific focus on obsessive-compulsive symptoms. This study aimed to investigate the influence of fear of COVID-19 on obsessive-compulsive symptoms among intern nurses. Methods A cross-sectional survey involving 375 randomly recruited intern nurses was conducted. Data collected included the Fear of COVID-19 Scale and the Short Version of the Arabic Obsessive-Compulsive Scale. Results A significant relationship was found between the fear of COVID-19 and the severity of obsessive-compulsive symptoms among the participants (r = 0.472, p = 0.000). A stepwise regression analysis indicated that the fear of COVID-19, living in urban regions, frequency of COVID-19 infection, and increased number of infected family members may contribute to the severity of Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms with adjusted R2 value = 27.5%. Conclusion The findings suggest that the COVID-19 pandemic has had significant psychological impacts on newly qualified nurses during their internship training period, including the manifestation of mental health symptoms such as Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms. It was observed that urban residents, intern nurses with recurrent COVID-19 infections, and those with more infected family members exhibited a higher severity of OCS. These findings underscore the need for further research to investigate additional factors that may influence OCS severity.

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“…The readiness of the students in the actual hospital experience is not enough due to fact of 2-year discouragement of the government which to prevent the contagious of the coronavirus and to provide safety and secure the health of the student inside the university (Leaver et al, 2022). The fear of the students regarding the global outbreak and the worry of transmitting the virus from other people to the family is one of the factors that will limit the experience in actual setup in clinical exposure, the need to implementation of a new scheme in terms of innovative and creative strategies to prevent the existing challenges in the nursing academe is significant for the exposure of the nursing students (Rana et al, 2022). Lastly, many nursing students are worried about the health situation due to the global outbreak in 2020, which greatly affected the knowledge, skill, and attitude of the nursing students in clinical exposure as a part of the nursing education curriculum.…”

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Readiness of Student Nurses in Clinical Practice Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic

Tolentino,

Banaticla

2023

TSSJ

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The Philippine government postponed the face-to-face learning modality due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which was crucial for the application of knowledge, skills and attitude in clinical settings among nursing students. This study attempted to determine the level of readiness of the nursing students of the University of Perpetual Help System DALTA-Calamba Campus in clinical practice amidst COVID-19 pandemic. Further, the study delved into the significant difference in the level of readiness of nursing students when they are grouped according to profile. This study used a descriptive quantitative research design. The total population of the study was 23 nursing students from 3rd year and 4th year of the University of Perpetual Help System DALTA-Calamba Campus in the Academic Year 2022-2023. Purposive sampling was used in this study. The Casey-Fink Readiness for Practice Survey was adapted for this study. The findings presented that 69.6% were aged 20-22, 78.3% were female, and 60.9% belonged to third year. The overall weighted mean of 2.98 revealed that the level of readiness among nursing students was high. There was no significant difference in the level of readiness for Related Learning Experience between the nursing students with ages ranging from 20-22 and 23-25, as the computed p-value of 0.868 is greater than the 0.05 level of significance, this implied that age was not a factor in the level of readiness for the clinical practice of the nursing students. There was no significant difference in the level of readiness in clinical practice between the male and female nursing students, since the computed p-value of 1.00 is greater than the 0.05 level of significance, this inferred that sex was not a factor in the level of readiness for the clinical practice of the nursing students. Lastly, there was no significant difference in the level of readiness for clinical practice between 3rd year and 4th year nursing students, whereas the computed p-value of 0.610 is greater than the 0.05 level of significance, hence the hypothesis was accepted that there was no significant difference on the level of readiness in clinical practice when grouped according to profile.

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Fear and Challenges of Nursing Students Being in Hospital for Clinical Posting During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Exploratory Survey

Cited by 4 publications

References 11 publications

Fear, stress, anxiety, depression and insomnia related to COVID-19 among undergraduate nursing students: An international survey

Fear, stress, anxiety, depression and insomnia related to COVID-19 among undergraduate nursing students: An international survey

A closer look: obsessive-compulsive symptoms among intern nurses amidst COVID-19 pandemic

Readiness of Student Nurses in Clinical Practice Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic

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