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Investigación y Educación en Enfermería
versão impressa ISSN 0120-5307versão On-line ISSN 2216-0280
Resumo
FARFAN-ZUNIGA, Ximena; JAMAN-MEWES, Paula; ZIMMERMANN-VILDOSO, Melissa e CAMPOS-LOBOS, Claudia. Nursing students experience during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative research. Invest. educ. enferm [online]. 2022, vol.40, n.2, e13. Epub 20-Set-2022. ISSN 0120-5307. https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.iee.v40n2e13.
Objective.
To describe the professional practice experiences of fifth year nursing students during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods.
Qualitative research design with content analysis. Participant sampling was purposive. 13 fifth-year nursing students participated. All of them completed their professional clinical practice in public hospitals and private clinics who cared for COVID-19 patients in Chile. The data were obtained through guided online written self-reflections.
Results.
Three main themes were inductively identified: (1) Facing with a very difficult and stressful situation, due to the permanent use of personal protection elements, multiple emotions, and physical fatigue, as well as facing ethical-clinical dilemmas in daily tasks; (2) Recognising different coping styles in difficult moments, highlighting contact with significant people and combination form of support and harmful ways of coping with stress; and (3) Experiences disciplinary learning and personal growth, such as: nursing care management, interpersonal skills in times of crisis and having contributed to the country in this adverse context.
Conclusion.
The clinical experience of the students in times of COVID-19, was an opportunity to learn how to perform nursing care in times of crisis, humanize care and support health teams in some of the country's hospitals.
Palavras-chave : COVID-19; pandemics; students, nursing; nursing care; qualitative research.