Exploring the Intersection Between Academic and Professional Practice During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Undergraduate and Graduate Nursing Students' Experiences.
Can J Nurs Res
; 54(3): 283-291, 2022 Sep.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-34706572
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has implications for students who are also nurses. PURPOSE ANDMETHODS:
This qualitative descriptive study used a practice development approach to explore the intersection between academic and professional work experiences for undergraduate Post-Diploma Registered Practical Nurses bridging to Registered Nurse Bachelor of Science in Nursing students and Master of Nursing graduate nursing students during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. The study incorporated critical aesthetic reflections that focused on the personal and aesthetic ways of knowing, as a data collection approach and knowledge dissemination strategy.RESULTS:
Analysis of the narrative component of participants' reflections revealed the following themes sensing a "call to duty," experiencing a myriad of emotions, shifting societal and individual perceptions of nursing, and learning in an uncertain environment.CONCLUSIONS:
The results of the study can inform educational strategies and academic policies to support this unique nursing population, who are frontline practitioners as well as student learners.Palavras-chave
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Estudantes de Enfermagem
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Bacharelado em Enfermagem
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COVID-19
Tipo de estudo:
Qualitative_research
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Can J Nurs Res
Assunto da revista:
ENFERMAGEM
Ano de publicação:
2022
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Canadá