Jones, Rikki, Jackson, Debra, Rice, Kylie, Fisher, Murray, Calleja, Pauline, Hopkins, Martin, West, Caryn, Irwin, Pauletta, McGough, Shirley, Luck, Lauretta, Walker, Felicity, Whiteing, Nicola, and Usher, Kim (2024) Nursing/midwifery students' perceptions of caring pedagogy and online learning during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 80 (11). pp. 4712-4724.

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Abstract

Aim: This study aimed to gain a better understanding of nursing/midwifery students' perspectives on a pedagogy of caring and online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, it aimed to determine if the COVID-19 pandemic impacted students' perceptions and experience of online learning and students' desire to enter the nursing/midwifery workforce.

Design: Mixed methods.

Methods: A multi-centre cross-sectional survey of Australian nursing and midwifery students was undertaken to explore students’ experience of learning during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Results: There are several key findings from this study that may be relevant for the future delivery of undergraduate health education, students transitioning to practice and healthcare workforce retention. The study found that although students were somewhat satisfied with online learning during COVID-19, students reported significant issues with knowledge/skill acquisition and barriers to the learning process. The students reported feeling less prepared for practice and identified how clinical staff were unable to provide additional guidance and support due to increased workloads and stress. The textual responses of participants highlighted that connection/disconnection, empathy and engagement/disengagement had an impact on learning during COVID- 19.

Conclusion: Connection, engagement and isolation were key factors that impacted nursing students’ online learning experiences. In addition, graduates entering the workforce felt less prepared for entry into practice due to changes in education delivery during COVID-19 that they perceived impacted their level of clinical skills, confidence and ability to practice as new graduate nurses/midwives.

Item ID:	85387
Item Type:	Article (Research - C1)
ISSN:	1365-2648
Copyright Information:	This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes. © 2024 The Authors. Journal of Advanced Nursing published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Date Deposited:	07 May 2025 02:45
FoR Codes:	42 HEALTH SCIENCES > 4205 Nursing > 420505 Nursing workforce @ 70% 39 EDUCATION > 3901 Curriculum and pedagogy > 390110 Medicine, nursing and health curriculum and pedagogy @ 30%
SEO Codes:	16 EDUCATION AND TRAINING > 1603 Teaching and curriculum > 160302 Pedagogy @ 30% 20 HEALTH > 2003 Provision of health and support services > 200307 Nursing @ 70%
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