Nursing Education and Mental Workload of Academicians During Coronavirus Pandemic

Authors : Kübra Yılmaz, Dilek Aktaş, Gülay Yazıcı

Pages : 19-31

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Publication Date : 2024-04-25

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The World Health Organization declared a pandemic for the coronavirus disease in 2020. This disease affected all sectors as well as the education process. The aim of this study is to determine the methods used by universities in nursing education during the coronavirus pandemic process and the effects of these methods on mental workload. All public and private universities in Turkey included in the study. Online questionnaire prepared by the researchers and the NASA-TLX workload index were sent to 1427 nurses’ academicians, 292 participants answered the questionnaire. It was found that the most frequently used method in the study was synchronous distance education. Total score of the academicians in the Mental Workload Scale was found to be 63.87±16.25. The effort and performance scores of the academicians using distance education and the frustration and demand for time scores of female academics in the \"65 and over\" age group were found to be statistically significantly higher. In the study, it was also found that the mean score of the frustration sub-dimension was related to gender, and the mean score of frustration of female academicians was significantly higher than that of men (p=0.050). In this research, it has been determined that distance synchronous education, which is the most frequently used education method during the coronavirus pandemic process, increases the workload and time requirements of academicians.
Keywords : COVID 19 pandemi, Eğitim, Hemşirelik, İş Yükü