Author:
Jennings Leslie A.,Urban Regina W.
Abstract
Abstract
BACKGROUND
Prenursing students represent the future pipeline of nursing students, yet their perceptions of how COVID-19 affected their experience as prenursing students are unknown.
METHOD
Short-answer data (n = 289) in US prenursing students were collected in fall 2020. Deductive thematic analysis was applied according to the social determinants of learning (SDOL™) framework.
RESULTS
Participants verbalized fears of contracting COVID-19 (physical health) and difficulties with stress and anxiety (psychosocial health). Participants shared pandemic-related financial challenges (economic instability), changes in living situations (physical environment), and the lack of hoped-for social connections (social environment). Many struggled with focus; others confirmed their goals (self-motivation).
CONCLUSION
The SDOL framework can be utilized by educators to conceptualize the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on the experiences of online prenursing students and leveraged to develop targeted interventions to improve students’ well-being as they apply to nursing programs.
Publisher
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Subject
Education,General Medicine,General Nursing