Being a Nursing Student In a Pandemic: Fear of COVID-19 and Clinical Practice

Year 2022, Volume: 32 Issue: 5, 506 - 511, 29.10.2022

Pınar Tunç Tuna , Halil İbrahim Tuna , Birsel Molu , Alev Yıldırım Keskin

https://doi.org/10.54005/geneltip.1127261

Abstract

Aim: This research was conducted to examine the views of nursing students on fear of COVID-19 and clinical practice training during the pandemic process. Methods: It is a descriptive study. Students studying in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th grades of a university providing undergraduate nursing education in Turkey were included in the study. Subjects were recruited from a population of 235 students. The data of the research; the data were collected using the Introductory Information Form prepared by the researchers by scanning the literature and the "COVID-19 Fear Scale". Data analysis was done with SPSS 23.0. Number, percentage and Kruskal Wallis H test were used to evaluate the data. Results: The mean age of the students participating in the study was found to be 20.65 ± 1.36 and the mean score of COVID-19 was 15.43 ± 16.14. Students; a significant difference was found between their attitudes towards patient care in clinical practice, their thoughts on the impact of their clinical practice on their social lives, students' thoughts about going to clinical practice, and their thoughts about experiencing pain, and their COVID-19 fear levels p<0.05. Conclusion: It was concluded that students with high COVID-19 fear levels did not want to take part in patient care in clinical practice, were afraid of being excluded from social life, and preferred school practice instead of clinical practice. In line with these results, it may be recommended to provide psychological support to eliminate fears of COVID-19 to encourage students to clinical practice.

Keywords

clinical practice, COVID-19, fear, nursing, pandemic

Pandemide Hemşirelik Öğrencisi Olmak: COVİD-19 Korkusu ve Klinik Uygulama

Abstract

Amaç: Bu araştırma, hemşirelik öğrencilerinin pandemi sürecinde COVID-19 korkusu ve klinik uygulama eğitimine ilişkin görüşlerini incelemek amacıyla yapılmıştır. Yöntem: Tanımlayıcı bir çalışmadır. Araştırmaya Türkiye'de hemşirelik lisans eğitimi veren bir üniversitenin 2., 3. ve 4. sınıflarında öğrenim gören öğrenciler dahil edilmiştir. Katılımcılar 235 öğrencilik bir popülasyondan seçilmiştir. Araştırmanın verileri; veriler, araştırmacılar tarafından literatür taranarak hazırlanan Tanıtıcı Bilgi Formu ve "COVID-19 Korku Ölçeği" kullanılarak toplanmıştır. Veri analizi SPSS 23.0 ile yapıldı. Verilerin değerlendirilmesinde sayı, yüzde ve Kruskal Wallis H testi kullanıldı. Bulgular: Araştırmaya katılan öğrencilerin yaş ortalaması 20.65 ± 1.36, COVID-19 puan ortalaması 15.43 ± 16.14 olarak bulundu. Öğrenciler; klinik uygulamada hasta bakımına yönelik tutumları, klinik uygulamalarının sosyal yaşamlarına etkisine ilişkin düşünceleri, öğrencilerin klinik uygulamaya gitmeye ilişkin düşünceleri, korku seviyeleri ve ağrı hissetmeye ilişkin düşünceleri ile COVID-19 durumları arasında anlamlı bir fark bulundu. p<0.05. Sonuç: COVID-19 korku düzeyi yüksek öğrencilerin klinik uygulamada hasta bakımında yer almak istemedikleri, sosyal hayattan dışlanmaktan korktukları ve klinik uygulama yerine okul uygulamasını tercih ettikleri sonucuna varıldı. Bu sonuçlar doğrultusunda öğrencileri klinik uygulamaya teşvik etmek için COVID-19 korkularını ortadan kaldırmak için psikolojik destek verilmesi önerilebilir.

Keywords

Klinik uygulama, COVİD-19, Korku, Hemşirelik, Pandemi

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