COVID-19: Outcomes for trauma-impacted nurses and nursing students

Experiences and needs of nursing students during pandemic outbreaks: A systematic overview of the literature

“…The paper by Fowler and Wholeben (2020) reflects on how the high stress associated with the COVID-19 pandemic has the potential to re-traumatize those nurses and nursing students who have experienced traumatic events earlier in their lives. In a similar vein, Monforte-Royo and Fuster (2020) highlight the need to provide emotional support to those nursing students who have been deployed as auxiliary staff during the COVID-19 outbreak, and they also stress the importance of ongoing research so as to understand the impact that their experiences may have in the short, medium and long term.…”

Transition in learning during COVID‐19: Student nurse anxiety, stress, and resource support

“…Faculty questioned whether this altered educational experience, particularly the clinical training aspects, would adequately prepare students for the nursing role responsibilities and functions and if timely graduation was feasible. 1,2 At the start of the pandemic, the authors and their faculty colleagues were dealing with sudden and extreme changes in nursing education as they knew it; disruptions that at times were stressful and anxiety-producing. They were concerned about how the pandemic affected their students' lives both personally and academically.…”

The mental health impact of COVID‐19 on pre‐registration nursing students in Australia

“…In some countries, nursing students have reportedly felt pressure to take on clinical roles to assist with the numbers of critically ill patients placing them at greater risk of untoward mental health outcomes including post‐traumatic stress disorder (Hayter & Jackson 2020). In fact, it has been claimed that the COVID‐19 pandemic has placed many nursing students in a position where they feel they have been required to choose between the safety of their homes or pursuing a career in nursing (Fowler & Wholeben 2020). Either alternative has the potential to cause additional psychological distress to nursing students; and as we know from previous global disease outbreaks such as Ebola and SARS, nurses and other health workers are at great risk of developing burnout, compassion fatigue, lower job satisfaction, lower morale, and job stress during pandemics (Kim & Choi 2016).…”