Stress and coping – Perceptions of final year nursing students returning to clinical practice during the COVID-19 pandemic, South Africa

Jarvis, Mary Ann; Martin, Penelope D.; Williams, Margaret; Walters, F. P.; Baloyi, Olivia B.; Hoffman, Jeffrey; Chipps, Jennifer

doi:10.4102/hsag.v26i0.1641

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“…This study’s findings indicate that most students felt fear, anxiety, stress, and uncertainty related to the COVID-19 infection and the lack of knowledge about taking care of these patients. Similar results have been reported in studies on returning to clinical learning after the COVID-19 outbreak [ 12 , 37 , 38 ]. However, there is also evidence showing that stress experienced by students during their clinical training was not different from stress experienced before the pandemic; furthermore, fear of COVID-19 did not affect the level of perceived stress in the clinical education setting [ 39 ].…”

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“…These perceptions are consistent with other studies showing that the three most important goals in science students’ future professional performance are family security, a sense of achievement, and happiness. [ 37 , 41 ]. Nonetheless, these concerns did not prevent students from assuming clinical training with full dedication and motivation, feeling gratification, and expanding their knowledge; these findings have also been reported in other countries [ 42 , 43 ].…”

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Back to Clinical Training during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Perspective of Nursing Students

Alcalá-Albert

Blas

Gómez-Moreno

et al. 2022

IJERPH

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Introduction: 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. Material and methods: 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. Results: 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. Conclusions: 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.

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Back to Clinical Training during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Perspective of Nursing Students

Alcalá-Albert

Blas

Gómez-Moreno

et al. 2022

IJERPH

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“…Nursing faculty, preparing to return nursing students for their clinical training during the pandemic, anticipated that the nursing students would have similar fears during their return to clinical practice, to those expressed by healthcare workers in other studies ( Yin and Zeng, 2020 , Shanafelt et al, 2020 ). This assumption was confirmed in Phase One of this study, where the students expressed that their primary perceptions of returning to clinical practice revolved around uncertainty and stress ( Jarvis et al, 2021 ). The e COVID online programme was thus developed using a psychological first aid framework to address the anxiety and fears expressed by final year undergraduate nursing students about returning to clinical practice during the pandemic.…”

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“…A survey to evaluate e Covid was conducted in September 2020, following the August 2020 return of final year nursing students to clinical facilities for completion of their clinical practical requirements. This was Phase 2 of a two phased study where in Phase 1 students were asked to explore their primary perceptions of returning to clinical practice ( Jarvis et al, 2021 ). A single group pre-post evaluation study was planned, however lockdown delays in ethical clearance and the need to prepare nursing students to return to the clinical settings during the height of the pandemic, resulted in delivery of the intervention, e COVID , followed by a survey once ethical clearance was received.…”

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Evaluation of a digital programme for final year nursing students during COVID-19

Chipps

Martin

Hoffman

et al. 2022

International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences

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“…The psychological well-being of nursing students during the pandemic is an important part of their academic success and requires appropriate coping mechanisms to deal with the situation. Many studies have investigated the perceived stress and coping strategies among university students, but fewer studies have correlated the situation to the pandemic [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]. The perceived stress among nursing students is high and affects their psychological well-being, so they need a high level of resilience and coping mechanisms [17].…”

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Perceived Stress and Coping Strategies among Nursing Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review

Ahmed

Abdulla

Alkhadher

et al. 2022

Saudi J Health Syst Res

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Background and Objective: Stress is common among nursing students, especially during COVID-19, because of direct contact with patients, so they need to cope with the stressors. The aim of this systematic review was to assess the level of perceived stress and coping strategies by nursing students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Material and Methods: Databases such as MEDLINE, PubMed, ScienceDirect, Cochrane Library, and Web of Science were searched using keywords. The authors used keywords (perceived stress, coping strategies or resilience, and nursing students). The language was restricted to English. The studies, conducted between December 2019 and December 2021, were included. The full articles were checked for eligibility. The reference manager software EndNote X4 was used for sorting and managing studies. This systematic review was registered on PROSPERO with a number: CRD42021267791. Results: Five studies were included in this review: the first study, from the Philippines, showed that levels of stress and coping strategies were estimated to be 79% and 76.8%, respectively; the second study, from Saudi Arabia, found that the rate of stress among nursing students was 30.9% with several strategies for coping, while the other study from Saudi Arabia showed that the stress level is 1.32 (low stress) and 1.95 (moderate stress) with different coping strategies (avoidance 1.47, problem solving 2.09, stay optimistic 2.06, and transference 1.87); the fourth study from the USA showed that the rate of stress is high 24.7%, with high levels of resilience among nursing students; and the fifth study showed that the rate of stress is 20.94 in the UK and 21.54 in China, with a resilience of 26.70 in the UK and 25.18 in China. Conclusion: The current systematic review showed that nursing students have a high level of stress in all included countries (the Philippines, Saudi Arabia, the USA, the UK, and China), and they developed appropriate coping strategies to face the situation.

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Stress and coping – Perceptions of final year nursing students returning to clinical practice during the COVID-19 pandemic, South Africa

Cited by 10 publications

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Back to Clinical Training during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Perspective of Nursing Students

Back to Clinical Training during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Perspective of Nursing Students

Evaluation of a digital programme for final year nursing students during COVID-19

Perceived Stress and Coping Strategies among Nursing Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review

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