Nursing students' clinical placement experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic: A phenomenological study.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

This study explored the clinical placement experiences of nursing students during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Background

The health emergency caused by Covid-19 required a rapid reorganisation of care settings. This reorganisation entailed revisiting the clinical placements settings and learning programs of Italian nursing faculties. Some Italian universities wanted to seize the health emergency as a learning opportunity enabling the nursing student to acquire additional knowledge and skills.

Design

We conducted a descriptive qualitative study employing a phenomenological approach. The study population was second and third-year nursing students. The students did their clinical placement in 5 Northern Italy hospitals, mainly in infectious diseases wards, intensive care

SUBMITTER: Barisone M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8759293 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature