Diaries of Nursing Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Descriptive Study

Serpil Türkleş, Münevver Boğahan, Hilal Altundal, Zeliha Yaman and Mualla Yılmaz
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Serpil Türkleş: Department of Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Mersin University, 33343 Mersin, Turkey
Münevver Boğahan: Department of Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Mersin University, 33343 Mersin, Turkey
Hilal Altundal: Department of Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Mersin University, 33343 Mersin, Turkey
Zeliha Yaman: Department of Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Mersin University, 33343 Mersin, Turkey
Mualla Yılmaz: Department of Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Mersin University, 33343 Mersin, Turkey

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 16, 1-13

Abstract: Little is known about the experiences of nursing students during the pandemic process. This research was conducted to determine the feelings, thoughts, and experiences of nursing students during the COVID-19 pandemic process. This qualitative study was conducted with 47 first-year nursing students of a faculty that experienced the COVID-19 pandemic between 3–30 April 2020. Student nurses stated that they felt fear and anxiety; they liked this situation in the beginning due to the constraints during the pandemic process, but due to the prolongation of this process, they experienced boredom due to monotonous extraordinary days of doing the same things every day and realized that every moment before the pandemic was very valuable. In addition, the students stated that rich and poor are equal in the face of the virus and that all humanity has learned solidarity by leaving wars, fights, and superiority efforts. In this process, it was found that nursing students have negative coping methods, such as not being able to manage time well due to constraints at home and spending too much time on the phone, internet, and computer. In this context, empowering nursing students to cope with challenging emotions and thoughts starting from their educational life will contribute to the development of both students and the profession.

Keywords: COVID-19; diary; nursing; students; experiences; feelings; qualitative study (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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