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Anxiety among Nursing Students towards Clinical Placement during COVID-19 in a Tertiary Hospital of Nepal: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study Authors

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creativeworkseries.issnJNMA Print ISSN: 0028-2715; Online ISSN: 1815-672X
dc.contributor.authorBanstola, Bidhya
dc.contributor.authorShakya, Nona
dc.contributor.authorSharma, Pushpa
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-26T05:24:03Z
dc.date.available2026-02-26T05:24:03Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.descriptionBidhya Banstola Nursing Programme, Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Pokhara, Nepal. Nona Shakya Nursing Programme, Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Pokhara, Nepal. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5227-3057 Pushpa Sharma Nursing Programme, Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Pokhara, Nepal. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3564-4490
dc.description.abstractAbstract: Introduction: The world is facing the pandemic of COVID-19 caused by the corona virus since December 2019 and has caused millions of death throughout the world. Exposure of nursing students in clinical placement during pandemic is fearful and stressful with high risk of infection which can cause anxiety and different levels of psychological crisis to individuals. The main objective of the study is to find out the prevalence of anxiety among nursing students during clinical placement in the pandemic of COVID-19. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among 144 nursing students enrolled in different clinical placement of a tertiary hospital of Nepal from 20th January 2021 to 2nd February 2021. Ethical approval was received from the Institutional Review Committee. Demographic, COVID-19 related and Beck Anxiety Inventory questionnaires was used for assessing anxiety. Whole sampling was done. Descriptive statistics was conducted using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences 2016 version. Results: Out of 144 females enrolled in the study, all the nursing students 144 (100%) having clinical placement had anxiety. Among them, 117 (81%) had mild anxiety and 27 (19%) had moderate level of anxiety. All the students used coping strategies for the anxiety. The most commonly used strategy to cope with anxiety was religion (5.03±1.78). Conclusions: All the nursing students had anxiety during the clinical placement and all the students used the coping strategies for the anxiety. Majority of the nursing students had mild anxiety. Religion was most common method of strategy to cope with anxiety.
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.31729/jnma.6132
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14572/4941
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherNepal Medical Association
dc.subjectanxiety
dc.subjectcoping
dc.subjectCOVID-19
dc.subjectnursing students
dc.titleAnxiety among Nursing Students towards Clinical Placement during COVID-19 in a Tertiary Hospital of Nepal: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study Authors
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