Abstract
Nursing students are exposed to more stress compared to the stress factors other students during the life of university. In Turkey during the Covid-19 pandemic, nursing students encountered a new reality of that includes fear of infection, the challenges of distance education and more. Therefore post-graduation plans of nursing students may change and students may find themselves at higher risk of infection.
Highlights
Covid-19 quickly became a global health threat and was classified as a pandemic by the World Health Organization [1,2]
While 56.7% stated that traditional medicines will be effective for protection against this virus, 61.4% believe that a treatment method will be discovered within this year. 89.9% think that the cleaning culture is developing in the society, 52.7% believe that the information gained from social media is useful
It was determined that the Stress Coping Behaviour Scale for Nursing Students (SCBSNS) avoidance sub-dimension was more significant in senior nursing students whose income was higher than their expenses than the students whose income was equal to their expenses and whose income was less than their expenses (p > 0.05) (Table 3)
Summary
Covid-19 quickly became a global health threat and was classified as a pandemic by the World Health Organization [1,2]. Due to the relatively high contagious and deadly nature of Covid-19, measures that have been taken both in the world, and Turkey pose a risk to the mental health of individuals [3] Factors such as how long Covid-19 will last, its results, and uncertainties in our level of being affected increase the stress of individuals, especially those who provide or will provide health care [4]. In pandemics such as Covid-19, while the risk of being infected by individuals is quite high, while the healthcare staff working in the risky units of hospitals is even higher [5]. Post-graduation plans of nursing students may change and students may find themselves at higher risk of infection
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