ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
To Volunteer or Not? Perspectives towards Pre-Registered Nursing Students Volunteering Frontline during COVID-19 Pandemic to Ease Healthcare Workforce: A Qualitative Study.
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- Global Rate of Willingness to Volunteer Among Medical and Health Students During Pandemic: Systemic Review and Meta-Analysis.JMIR medical education · 2024Pooled it
- Clinical experiences of final-year nursing students during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review and meta-synthesis.Nurse education today · 2023Pooled it
- Health professional student's volunteering activities during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic literature review.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Pooled it
- Motivation to Volunteer at the 2026 FIFA World Cup among Nursing Students in Toronto: A Cross-Sectional Study.The Canadian journal of nursing research = Revue canadienne de recherche en sciences infirmieres · 2026Article
- Care at doorstep for psychiatric disorders by community volunteers: Readiness to volunteer for community mental health-qualitative study among nursing students.Journal of education and health promotion · 2026Article
- Exploring factors associated with clinical competence among nursing students volunteering in Indigenous communities: a cross-sectional analysis.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- Mitigating the impact of the challenges of shortages of nurses and patient care equipment during crises: a qualitative study.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- Factors influencing the public health emergency preparedness among Generation Z nursing interns in the post-pandemic era: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- A path to resilience and social integration: motivations of international student volunteers during the COVID-19 lockdown in Wuhan.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- The Impact of Online Pandemic-Related Information on Prosocial Behavior among Healthcare Students: The Role of Emotional Contagion and Epistemic Motivation.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- A qualitative assessment of barriers and facilitators of telemedicine volunteerism during the COVID-19 pandemic in India.Human resources for health · 2024Article
- Subtypes of nursing students' volunteer motivation in COVID-19: a latent profile analysis.BMC nursing · 2024Article
- Health professionals' involvement in volunteering their professional skills: a scoping review.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Article
- Anxiety and Coping Strategies among Italian-Speaking Physicians: A Comparative Analysis of the Contractually Obligated and Voluntary Care of COVID-19 Patients.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- From disobedience to struggle for adaptation: nursing students' experiences of attending the clinical learning environment during Covid-19 pandemic.BMC psychiatry · 2023Article
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- A Systematic Scoping Review of Motivations and Barriers in COVID-19 Volunteering Among Health Students: The Potential for Future Pandemic Volunteers.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2023Article
- The role of patient volunteers in Fangcang Shelter Hospital during the Omicron wave of COVID-19 pandemic in Shanghai, China: a qualitative study.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Pandemic Preparedness: COVID-19 Lessons Learned in New York's Hospitals.Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety · 2022Article
- Volunteer Engagement in a Stroke Self-Management Program: Qualitative Analysis of a Hybrid Team of Healthcare Providers and Trained Volunteers.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
COVID-19 has caused a shortage of healthcare workers and has strained healthcare systems globally. Pre-registered healthcare students with training have a duty of care and can support the healthcare workforce. This study explored factors influencing the willingness of final-year nursing students to volunteer during the COVID-19 pandemic, the role of professional identity in volunteering as healthcare workers, and strategies to improve future volunteering uptakes and processes. A qualitative study using focus-group discussions was conducted. Final-year nursing students who volunteered, students who did not volunteer, and lecturers who supervised student volunteers were recruited. Interviews were conducted online, video-recorded, and transcribed verbatim. A thematic analysis was used. The themes were "wavering thoughts on volunteering", "bringing out 'the nurse' in students through volunteering" and "gearing up to volunteer". Findings suggested the need to look beyond the simplicity of altruism to the role of professional identity, operational, and motivational factors to explain nursing students' decision to volunteer and their volunteer behavior. Providing accommodation, monetary and academic-related incentives, supporting the transitionary phase from students to "professional volunteers", promoting cohesive and positive staff-student volunteer relationships, and establishing a volunteer management team are strategies identified to improve volunteering uptake and operational processes. Our findings advocate strategic partnerships between hospitals/communities and academic institutions in providing various healthcare services during pandemics.
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