Percepción de los estudiantes de enfermería de las prácticas formativas durante la pandemia COVID-19

Abstract

The training practices in hospital areas for nursing students are reinforced as the main support to acquire experience, since direct contact with patients allows applying all the knowledge learned theoretically, and in the same way promotes the development of skills. that will guide them to provide holistic care with a dignified treatment to each patient. Objective: Evaluate the Perception of nursing students of training practices during the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: Qualitative, phenomenological, descriptive and retrospective, where a semi-structured interview was applied to 10 nursing students. Results: The study findings revealed that nursing students faced a range of challenges when returning to a hospital environment and completing their rotational internship without having undergone their clinical training due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was established that one hundred percent of the respondents maintained a concerned attitude upon entering the hospital due to the lack of direct interaction with patients and healthcare professionals. Furthermore, they experienced a significant emotional impact that affected their development and performance within the rotational internship. Conclusions: The disagreements of the participants can be observed regarding the level of knowledge apprehended during the training process, since, although the theory was abundant, it could not be applied in practical spaces, which is reflected in the perception of the students. participants when they were in an intrahospital environment and did not know the procedures, techniques and activities of the nursing care process in each of the rotation areas, especially when treating patients during the pandemic, with minimally invasive procedures that were not studied previously.