Psychological Well-being of Nursing Students during the COVID 19 Pandemic

Abstract

Relevance of the topic. The COVID 19 pandemic worldwide in 2020 has become an unprecedented phenomenon that has led to changes around the world. For most nursing students lectures, examinations and clinical practice activities have been canceled. A large number of nursing students often had to work in medical institutions due to staff shortages. Students were constantly exposed to the highest risk of virus infection, increased isolation from other people as these students working in medical institutions were shunned from fear of infection by society. Research problem. In Lithuania, studies analyzing the psychological and physical health of students during the pandemic period is still lacking. Therefore, the research problem is what was the well-being of nursing students during the COVID 19 pandemic? The object of the study - psychological well-being of nursing students during the COVID 19 pandemic. The aim of the study - determine the psychological well-being of nursing students during COVID 19 pandemic Objectives of the study: 1. To define the determinants of stress and fatigue. 2. To identify the effects of stress and fatigue on the psychological health of nursing students. 3. To determine the impact of the covid 19 pandemic on the psychological well-being of nursing students. 4. To determine the impact of quarantine on the educational performance of nursing students. Methods. Analysis of scientific literature sources, quantitative research - questionnaire survey. Subjects. Students of the last year of the Nursing programme at Kaunas University of Applied Sciences.45 respondents took part in the study. The main results of the empirical study: The results of the study revealed that the psychological health of the students was affected by the COVID 19 pandemic. During the COVID 19 pandemic was worse than before the pandemic. As a result of the COVID 19 situation, the students were faced with social limitation, lack of activity, anxiety about the health of their relatives, passivity, reduced physical activity, boredom, anxiety, nervousness, sleep disturbances. Because of the COVID 19 pandemic, students' motivation to learn has decreased.