Department of Nursing Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Limpopo, Polokwane.
Curationis. 2024 Sep 23;47(1):e1-e8. doi: 10.4102/curationis.v47i1.2578.
The Nursing Education Programme was affected during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, resulting in nursing students being unable to participate in the clinical experiential learning required by the South African Nursing Council.
The study seeks to explore and describe nursing students' experiences of clinical experiential learning during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A qualitative, explorative and descriptive, research design was used in the study. A non-probability purposive sampling method was used, and 55 nursing students participated in the study. Data were collected through six focus group discussions, consisting of 8-12 nursing students in each group. Data were analysed following Tesch's open coding method.
Three themes emerged from the study's findings: The impact of COVID-19 on the clinical experiential learning of nursing students, the effects of COVID-19 on the mental well-being of nursing students, and nursing students' experiences of support during the COVID-19 pandemic. Notably, 11 sub-themes emerged.
The findings of this study reveal that the COVID-19 pandemic severely disrupted the Nursing Education Programme, highlighting the challenges of inadequate clinical hours, restricted clinical access and the significant psychological impact on students.Contribution: This study adds to the literature on students' experiences during clinical experiential learning in South Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic.
2019 年冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行期间，护理教育计划受到影响，导致护理学生无法参加南非护理委员会要求的临床体验式学习。
本研究旨在探讨和描述 COVID-19 大流行期间护理学生的临床体验式学习经历。
本研究采用定性、探索性和描述性研究设计。采用非概率目的抽样方法，55 名护理学生参与了研究。通过六次焦点小组讨论收集数据，每组 8-12 名护理学生。数据按照 Tesch 的开放式编码方法进行分析。
研究结果中出现了三个主题：COVID-19 对护理学生临床体验式学习的影响、COVID-19 对护理学生心理健康的影响以及 COVID-19 大流行期间护理学生的支持体验。值得注意的是，出现了 11 个子主题。
本研究的结果表明，COVID-19 大流行严重扰乱了护理教育计划，突出了临床时间不足、临床机会受限以及对学生产生重大心理影响等挑战。
本研究增加了关于 COVID-19 大流行期间南非学生临床体验式学习经历的文献。
