TY - JOUR
T1 - Clinical learning during the pandemic
T2 - Experiences of LPN-BN undergraduate nursing students
AU - Bryan, Venise
AU - Corcoran, Lynn
AU - Dewart, Georgia
AU - Thirsk, Lorraine M.
AU - Bowers, Erin
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was made possible through Athabasca University Academic Research Funding . We would also like to acknowledge and thank the nursing students who participated in the study for sharing their perspectives.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2022/9/1
Y1 - 2022/9/1
N2 - Background: When the COVID-19 pandemic was declared in March 2020, nursing programs made rapid decisions regarding clinical placement experiences for students. In many nursing programs, this meant ending clinical placements early, delaying clinical courses, and moving clinical courses to simulation. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore LPN-BN students' experiences in clinical courses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: A qualitative descriptive approach was employed in this study. Fifteen semi-structured conversational interviews with nursing students and recent graduates were conducted. Inductive content analysis was used to analyse the data. Results: Four main concepts were identified: (1) logistics of learning; (2) shifts in clinical learning; (3) mental health matters; (4) readiness to practice. Conclusion: It is important to understand the experience of nursing students as this is an inordinately stressful and impressionable time for them. Insight into the student experience, will inform educators in the areas of curriculum and competency-based evaluation as well as supports for student mental health and well-being.
AB - Background: When the COVID-19 pandemic was declared in March 2020, nursing programs made rapid decisions regarding clinical placement experiences for students. In many nursing programs, this meant ending clinical placements early, delaying clinical courses, and moving clinical courses to simulation. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore LPN-BN students' experiences in clinical courses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: A qualitative descriptive approach was employed in this study. Fifteen semi-structured conversational interviews with nursing students and recent graduates were conducted. Inductive content analysis was used to analyse the data. Results: Four main concepts were identified: (1) logistics of learning; (2) shifts in clinical learning; (3) mental health matters; (4) readiness to practice. Conclusion: It is important to understand the experience of nursing students as this is an inordinately stressful and impressionable time for them. Insight into the student experience, will inform educators in the areas of curriculum and competency-based evaluation as well as supports for student mental health and well-being.
KW - COVID-19
KW - Clinical education
KW - Curriculum
KW - Nursing students
KW - Qualitative research
KW - Undergraduate nursing education
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U2 - 10.1016/j.profnurs.2022.07.020
DO - 10.1016/j.profnurs.2022.07.020
M3 - Journal Article
C2 - 36150874
AN - SCOPUS:85135919366
SN - 8755-7223
VL - 42
SP - 301
EP - 307
JO - Journal of Professional Nursing
JF - Journal of Professional Nursing
ER -