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Exploring the psychological impact of working during COVID-19 on medical and nursing students: a qualitative study.
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- Psychological distress among nursing students during the COVID-19 pandemic: a hybrid concept analysis.BMC psychology · 2025Pooled it
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- Clinical experiences of final-year nursing students during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review and meta-synthesis.Nurse education today · 2023Pooled it
- Injury prevention in fatigue-prone nursing environments: a comprehensive review of strategies centered on work design, human factors engineering, and safety culture.Frontiers in public health · 2026Review
- Training healthcare professionals to be ready for practice in an era of social distancing: a realist evaluation.Advances in health sciences education : theory and practice · 2024Article
- Experiences on the frontline: Qualitative accounts of South African healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.Health SA = SA Gesondheid · 2024Article
- Changes in employment psychology of Chinese university students during the two stages of COVID-19 control and their impacts on their employment intentions.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Sense of Coherence or resilience as predictors of psychological distress in nursing students during the COVID-19 pandemic.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
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- The Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Hong Kong Nursing Students' Mental Health and Quality of Life.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo identify the psychological impact of working during the COVID-19 pandemic on medical and nursing students' psychological well-being. To inform recommendations for the provision of future student well-being support.
designAn interpretative qualitative, semistructured interview study employing maximum variation sampling, snowball sampling and a thematic analysis.
settingA large West Midlands (UK) university with medical and nursing undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. Study undertaken between January and May 2020.
participantsA purposive sample of eight medical (six women and two men) and seven nursing (all women) students who worked >2 weeks in a healthcare setting during the COVID-19 pandemic (from 1 March 2020 onwards).
resultsFour core themes with corresponding subthemes were identified: (1) COVID-19 sources of distress-working conditions, exposure to suffering, death and dying, relationships and teams, individual inexperience and student identity, (2) negative impact on mental health and well-being-psychological and emotional distress, delayed distress, exhaustion, mental ill health, (3) protective factors from distress-access to support, environment, preparation and induction, recognition and reward, time for breaks and rest and (4) positive experiences and meaningful outcomes.
conclusionsStudent pandemic deployment has had a significant negative impact on students' psychological well-being, as a result of demanding working conditions, unprecedented exposure to death and suffering and lack of preparation for new job roles. Universities and healthcare organisations must formally acknowledge this impact and provide well-being support for distressed students working in such challenging contexts. They must also establish more supportive and inclusive healthcare environments for medical and nursing students in future pandemic and postpandemic circumstances, through the implementation of support systems and adequate preparation.
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