The psychological experience of nursing students in their internship year during the COVID‐19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia

The COVID‐19 pandemic produced challenges and troubling issues in Saudi Arabia and worldwide. During the height of the pandemic, the psychological status of nursing students was complicated by challenges that affected their educational future. We used qualitative approach to explore the psychologica...

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Published inInternational journal of mental health nursing Vol. 32; no. 4; pp. 1094 - 1101
Main Authors Almadani, Noura, Alamri, Majed, AL‐Dossary, Reem, Albaqawi, Hamdan, Al Hosis, Khaled, Aljohani, Mohammed, Alrasheadi, Bader, Aljohani, Khalid, Falatah, Rawaih, Alharbi, Jalal, Alasqah, Ibrahim
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Australia Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.08.2023
Subjects
Challenges
Clinical medicine
Clinical nursing
clinical practice
COVID-19
Humans
internship
Internship and Residency
Internships
Nursing education
nursing students
Pandemics
Perceptions
Psychological distress
Psychological status
Saudi Arabia
Students
Students, Nursing - psychology
Saudi Arabia
COVID-19
clinical practice
nursing students
internship
psychological status
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Summary:The COVID‐19 pandemic produced challenges and troubling issues in Saudi Arabia and worldwide. During the height of the pandemic, the psychological status of nursing students was complicated by challenges that affected their educational future. We used qualitative approach to explore the psychological status of 20 Saudi nursing students from Nursing College in their internship program during the COVID‐19 pandemic by investigating their perceptions, experiences, and challenges. Thematic analysis methods were used to present the data as themes and subthemes. Themes that emerged during interviews revealed: Interns' experiences from the outbreak; Perceptions of students toward COVID‐19; Mental distress associated with the situation; Level of support from either or both university authorities or hospital education and training departments; Financial challenges; and Readiness to complete a nursing internship. COVID‐19 presented several challenges to Saudi nursing students in internship year including psychological distress in several aspects such as fear of infection for themselves and their families. However, this study findings do not apply to all nursing students as it only included nursing interns actively engaged in clinical practice. Additional studies are required to examine how the clinical practice of internships varied across the country during any epidemic situation.
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ISSN:1445-8330
1447-0349
DOI:10.1111/inm.13145