Death Anxiety of Nursing Students Returning to Clinical Practice During the COVID-19 Pandemic Period COVID-19 Pandemi Döneminde Klinik Uygulamaya Dönen Hemşirelik Öğrencilerinin Ölüm Kaygısı

Aksoy B., PASLI GÜRDOĞAN E., KINICI DİRİK E.

Genel Tip Dergisi, cilt.33, sa.1, ss.44-50, 2023 (Scopus, TRDizin) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 33 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2023
  • Doi Numarası: 10.54005/geneltip.1191112
  • Dergi Adı: Genel Tip Dergisi
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.44-50
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: anxiety, clinical practice, COVID-19, Death, nursing students
  • Trakya Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Aim: Diseases with high mortality rates, such as COVID-19, increase death anxiety. This pandemic has impacted the mental health of nursing students in terms of emotions and cognition, such as fear of death and anxiety. This present study aimed to determine the death anxiety level among nursing students returning to clinical practice during the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: This descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out with the students enrolled nursing department of a university between March and July 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey (n= 337). The data were collected using the students’ information form and the Death Anxiety Scale through an online survey. Results: The students had a low level of death anxiety. Nursing students’ age, gender, previous education about death, the state of being infected with SARS-CoV-2, fear of being infected with SARS-CoV-2, and fear of caregiving for patients with COVID-19 were found to be factors related to death anxiety. Conclusion: This study highlights that COVID-19 affected the death anxiety of nursing students and students need support and preventive strategies to care for dying patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.