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College Nursing Students' Experiences of COVID-19 Pandemic

간호대학생의 코로나바이러스감염증-19 확산 경험

  • Received : 2020.07.22
  • Accepted : 2020.12.04
  • Published : 2020.12.31
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Abstract

This study explores experiences of college nursing students during the COVID-19 pandemic. The participants were 10 college nursing students (junior and senior years) enrolled in a university in K city. Data were collected through in-depth interviews from May 1 to June 30, 2020. The phenomenological methodology proposed by Colaizzi was applied for data analysis. We identified a total of 6 theme clusters: increased fear of an infection, feeling isolated due to the changed way of life, feeling perplexed about unexpected circumstances, inability to adapt to the sudden change in classroom instruction, feeling burdened about clinical practice, and confronting the reality as a preliminary nurse. The analyzed data revealed that subjects had numerous experiences about COVID-19. We believe there were necessity and significance to conduct this study during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. This analysis can serve as a useful resource for discussing issues related to nursing education in the post COVID-19 era.

본 연구의 목적은 간호대학생의 코로나바이러스19 확산에 대한 경험을 파악하기 위함이다. 본 연구 참여자는 K시 소재 K대학교 간호학과에 재학 중인 10명의 학생들로 남학생 3명, 여학생 7명이었으며, 연령범위는 21세에서 45세까지이며, 거주형태로는 5명은 자가, 3명은 자취, 2명은 통학이었다. 자료 수집을 위해 참여자들을 심층 면담하였다. 면담은 개방형 질문들을 사용하여 코로나바이러스19 확산에 대한 경험을 묻는 형식으로 진행하였다. 자료는 2020년 5월 1일부터 6월 30일까지 수집하였으며, Colaizzi의 현상학적 분석방법에 따라 자료들을 분석하였다. 본 연구에서 연구 참여자들과의 면담을 통해 수집한 진술문들을 분석한 결과 총 37개의 의미들로부터 12개의 주제와 6개의 주제모음이 도출되었다. 주제모음은 <감염에 대한 두려움이 커짐>, <생활방식의 변화에 따른 고립감>, <예기치 못한 상황에 대한 당혹감>, <갑작스런 수업방식의 변화에 부적응>, <실습에 대한 부담감>, <예비 간호사로서 현실을 직시함> 등이다. 본 연구는 간호대학생들을 대상으로 코로나바이러스19 확산에 대한 다양한 경험을 분석했다는 데 의미가 있으며, 포스트 코로나바이러스19 시대 간호교육의 문제를 논의하는 데 중요한 기초자료로 활용될 수 있을 것이다.

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