Höfundar:
E.K. Svavarsdóttir, H Hraunfjord, A.O. Sigurdardottir
Background and Purpose: Little is known about nursing students’ attitudes towards the involvement of families in nursing care during the COVID-19 epidemic. Focusing on family nursing throughout an undergraduate nursing education is not only appropriate or critical but also essential for advancing family nursing practice. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the differences in nursing students’ perceptions of illness beliefs and their family nursing practice skills at the time of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in April-May of 2020, on 109 nurse-midwifery University students.
Results: The main finding indicated that the graduate students reported more confidence or reassurance regarding their knowledge of the cause of an illness, control, effect, suffering and what is the most and the least helpful in coping with an illness/health disorder when compared to the undergraduate students. Additionally, graduate nursing students also reported significantly higher perception of the family as a conversational partner and less perception of the family as a burden in caregiving than undergraduate students. However, undergraduate nursing students who were working in caregiving during their studies, reported a higher perception of the family as a resource in nursing care than those who were not working in caregiving during their studies.
Conclusion and Implications: University nursing educators need to be aware of that nursing students’ knowledge, skills, and attitudes towards family nursing practice at the time of the COVID-19 pandemic shapes clinical competence in family nursing, within health care settings.