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ArticleNurse education today2021

Are internship experiences during a pandemic related to students' commitment to nursing education? A cross-sectional study.

Veerle Duprez, Branko Vermote, Ann Van Hecke, Rik Verhaeghe, Maarten Vansteenkiste, Simon Malfait

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Article in Nurse education today, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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Veerle DuprezUniversity Centre for Nursing and Midwifery, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Ghent University, Belgium; Department of Nursing, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium. Electronic address: Veerle.Duprez@uzgent.be.
Branko VermoteDevelopmental Psychology, Department of developmental, personality and social psychology, Ghent University, Henri Dunantlaan 2, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
Ann Van HeckeUniversity Centre for Nursing and Midwifery, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Ghent University, Belgium; Department of Nursing, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium. Electronic address: https://twitter.com/ann_vanhecke?lang=en.
Rik VerhaegheDepartment of Nursing, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium.
Maarten VansteenkisteDevelopmental Psychology, Department of developmental, personality and social psychology, Ghent University, Henri Dunantlaan 2, 9000 Ghent, Belgium. Electronic address: https://twitter.com/maartvansteen.
Simon MalfaitDepartment of Nursing, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium; Strategic Unit, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium. Electronic address: https://twitter.com/simonmalfait?lang=en.
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe predominate role of internships on the retention of nursing students highlights the need to monitor internship experiences during a healthcare crisis like CoViD-19.

objectivesTo explore the relation between internships experiences during a pandemic and student nurses' commitment or intention-to-leave the nursing program; as well as the relation between internship experiences and commitment or intention-to-leave the nursing program. DESIGN, SETTING AND

participantsA cross-sectional study using a sample of 1.079 nursing students from18 nursing schools in Flanders, Belgium. Students from all study years were eligible to participate.

methodsOnline self-reporting survey during the first CoViD-19 wave (April-May 2020). Regression analyses were used to explore the association with students' commitment or intention-to-leave.

resultsStudents reported high levels of study commitment (4.06; SD 0.66; range 1-5), and an overall low intention-to-leave (1.64; SD 0.83; range 1-5). No difference in commitment or intention-to-leave were seen between students who did or did not had internship experience during CoViD-19 period. Need-supportive experiences - indicating that students felt competent, related to the team, and could be themselves on internship - coincided with high commitment. Conversely, need-frustrating experiences - indicating that students felt insecure, unrelated, and controlled by the nursing team - increased intention-to-leave nursing education. Students who felt pressured for an internship during the first wave of the CoViD-19 crisis, had more doubts to continue nursing education, and an increased chance on drop-out.

conclusionsWe recommend nursing schools to assess student's motivation when making a substantiated decision concerning internships during a health crisis, as facing an imposed or subjective mandatory decision to go into clinical practice might lead to less commitment to the study program. For both teacher and staff mentors it is deemed important to discuss the internship climate with the student, in order to early identify need-frustrating issues during internship.

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COVID-19Education, NursingInternship and ResidencyStudents, NursingCross-Sectional StudiesHumansPandemicsSARS-CoV-2Surveys and QuestionnairesClinical trainingCoViD-19Intention-to-leaveInternshipMotivationNursing studentsPandemicStudy commitment

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