Fear of COVID-19 and Coping Strategies of Nursing Students During Clinical Education about Surgical Nursing

Authors : Fadime GÖK ÖZER, Ayla YAVUZ KARAMANOĞLU, Tuğçe YEŞİLYAPRAK
Pages : 39-47
Doi:10.56150/tjhsl.1140295
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Publication Date : 2023-03-28
Article Type : Research Paper
Abstract :Background: Nursing students have experienced psychological problems like fear, anxiety, and depression during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, nursing students’ coping strategies and the effectiveness of these strategies during the pandemic are unclear. Methods: The study has a descriptive and cross-sectional design. The sample included 150 surgical nursing students in Turkey in the spring term of the 2020-2021 academic year. Data were collected with a sociodemographic features form, The Fear of COVID-19 Scale and The Coping with the Outbreak Scale. Correlation and regression analyses were performed to determine the factors having a relation with the fear of COVID-19. Results: The mean score on the Fear of COVID-19 Scale was 19.13±5.09 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Table 3);. The fear of COVID-19 had a significant relation with death anxiety insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p=0.003); and the feeling of guilt insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p=0.032);. The mean score on the Coping with the Outbreak Scale was 46.56±12.03 and the mean scores on cognitive coping, transcendental coping and behavioral coping were 9.64±3.47, 9.36±3.50 and 12.18±4.75 respectively. The mean score on coping with COVID-19 had a significant relation with the type of the high school the students graduated from insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p=0.025);, anxiety about failure to find a job insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p=0.0001);, death anxiety insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p=0.014); and anger insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p=0.048);. Conclusions: The students had a moderate level of fear of COVID-19 during the pandemic. They experienced the feelings of fear, guilt, anger, and burnout. They were also anxious about failure to find a job and dying. They had a moderate level of coping with the pandemic
Keywords : Coping, nursing, pandemic, surgical nursing student

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