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. 2023 Sep 18:9:23779608231201051.
doi: 10.1177/23779608231201051. eCollection 2023 Jan-Dec.

Stress and Resilience of Nursing Students in Clinical Training During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Palestinian Perspective

Fekry Bsharat  1
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Stress and Resilience of Nursing Students in Clinical Training During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Palestinian Perspective

Fekry Bsharat. SAGE Open Nurs. .

Abstract

Introduction: Stress reduces nursing students' capacity to think critically, impedes decision-making, and eventually lowers academic performance and limits success. The circumstances surrounding the COVID-19 outbreak drove students into new virtual learning settings, adding stress to their academic responsibilities.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to assess the perceived stress and resilience among nursing students in clinical training during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 315 students studying nursing. Data collection utilized the Perceived Stress Scale and the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale.

Results: The analysis revealed that the stress score mean was 75.2 ± 6.6 and the resilience score mean was 26.0 ± 3.4. Also, there was a weak negative association between nursing students' stress and their resilience (p < 0.05). Additionally, the results indicated statistically significant differences between stress and gender, study year level, and age (p < 0.05).

Conclusion: Stress was high and resilience was moderate during the COVID-19 pandemic among nursing students.

Keywords: COVID-19; nursing student; resilience; stress.

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Conflict of interest statement

The author declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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