Self-efficacy, Stress, and Coping Mechanisms of Undergraduate Nursing Students: Assessing the Impact of Clinical Training During the COVID-19 Pandemic on Their Perceptions رسالة ماجستير

Abstract

Background: The application of the theoretical nursing curriculum in the bachelor's degree program is largely dependent on the clinical training that nursing students get. Students' clinical experiences were altered by the COVID-19 outbreak circumstances, which forced them into new clinical learning environments and increased the burden of academic responsibilities. Objective: The main objective of this study is to assess self –efficacy, Stress and Coping Behaviors among undergraduate Nursing students and their perceived Impact of clinical training during the COVID-19 Pandemic Method: A descriptive cross-sectional design, with 93 participants. Questionnaire used had five sections. The first section was about Demographic data of nursing students. The second section: Student Perception of the Clinical learning during COVID 19 pandemic. The third section: The self-efficacy scale adopted from: (Ulenaers, D, et al 2021). The fourth section was The Perceived Stress Score (PSS) adopted from (Sheu et al. 1997). The fifth section was The Coping Behavior Scale (CBS) by (Sheu et al., 2002). Result: The analysis revealed that most of the participants 82 (88.2%) had a negative perception of clinical learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. Students felt less confident about Observation and monitoring of patients with respiratory infections (M= 61.2 ± 27.8, 32.3% 75+ score). Students felt least confident about Observation and monitoring of ventilated patients (mean 58.5± 27.8, 26.9% 75+ score). According to the Coping Behavior Inventory (CBI), participants ‘mean coping behavior was (M = 40.08±10.54). Additionally, stress score mean was high (62.2±23.6) Also. The analysis revealed that there is correlation between perceived stress and avoidance, problem VI solving, and transference as coping behaviors (P<0.5). There is positive small correlation between perceived clinical practice and self-efficacy (P<0.5). Conclusion: This study has shown that most nursing students have negatively perceived the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on clinical training. Their stress score was high, major stress was from taking care of patients, Students felt least confident about Observation and monitoring of ventilated patients, while their use of coping behaviors was also high especially the use of problem solving