Laczko Dana, Hodson Alex, Dykhuizen Melissa, Knipple Kelsey, Norman Kassandra, Hand-Cortes Paula
Saskatchewan Polytechnic, 4635 Wascana Parkway, Regina, Saskatchewan, S4P 3A3, Canada.
University of Regina, 111-116 Research Drive, Innovation Place, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, S7N 3R3, Canada.
Teach Learn Nurs. 2022 Oct;17(4):392-397. doi: 10.1016/j.teln.2022.03.002. Epub 2022 Mar 11.
Acute psychological stress is commonly experienced by university students as they transition through a new learning environment; however, uncontrolled and long-term stress, such as that experienced due to the global respiratory pandemic, contributes to a severe decline in the physical and mental health of nursing students and decreases their academic success. The aim of this study was to investigate the experience of mental wellness as lived by nursing students and to understand how nursing students were coping with the impact of COVID-19.
Individual interviews were used as a data collection method in this qualitative study, guided by descriptive phenomenology. Nursing students from two institutions in Western Canada were recruited in the fall of 2020. Interviews with six participants were recorded and transcribed verbatim. Meaning units from the data were transformed into a constituents table which resulted in a rich description of the essence of mental wellness as experienced by participants.
Key elements of the experience included: shifting support systems, disconnection, worry, sense of missing out, environmental stress and continual adaptation. The essence of the experience reflected on-going trauma.
This research highlighted the importance of acknowledging the persistent, collective trauma experienced by students and faculty alike due to the global pandemic. A trauma-informed approach to nursing education, where positive coping is modelled and a safe learning space is provided, will be required going forward.
大学生在适应新的学习环境时普遍会经历急性心理压力；然而，诸如全球呼吸道大流行所带来的那种无法控制的长期压力，会导致护理专业学生的身心健康严重下降，并降低他们的学业成就。本研究的目的是调查护理专业学生所体验到的心理健康状况，并了解护理专业学生是如何应对新冠疫情的影响的。
在这项定性研究中，采用个人访谈作为数据收集方法，以描述现象学为指导。2020年秋季，从加拿大西部的两所院校招募了护理专业学生。对六名参与者的访谈进行了录音，并逐字转录。数据中的意义单元被转化为一个成分表，从而对参与者所体验到的心理健康的本质进行了丰富的描述。
体验的关键要素包括：支持系统的转变、脱节、担忧、错失感、环境压力和持续适应。体验的本质反映了持续的创伤。
这项研究强调了认识到由于全球大流行，学生和教师 alike 所经历的持续的集体创伤的重要性。未来将需要一种以创伤为导向的护理教育方法，在这种方法中树立积极应对的榜样，并提供一个安全的学习空间。
