Online learning in nursing students: Satisfaction and barriers

BACKGROUND: The nationwide coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and ensuing lockdown has enforced institutions crosswise India to provisionally close to inhibit the spread of the virus and started online learning for students. To measure the level of satisfaction of nursing students with online learning and to identify the barriers which restrict to online learning. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The current study adopted quantitative research approach with an online survey research design and carried out during May–June 2020. Participants were selected through a web-based survey (Google form), in which 219 students enrolled. Self-structured questionnaire with the Likert scale was used to measure the level of satisfaction of nursing students with online learning and identify the barriers which restrict online learning. The descriptive and inferential statistics were used for the analysis in which 219 participants were enrolled in the study of data with IBM SPSS version 20. RESULTS: Majority of student's participants 148 (67.57%) were extremely satisfied with online learning. The findings suggest that the highest barriers which restrict to online learning among nursing students is low voice and language clarity (2.16 ± 0.593), physical health barriers such as eye strain (2.43 ± 0.613), reliability and connectivity problem (2.26 ± 0.534). Among all demographic data, age is significantly associated with the level of satisfaction of online learning. CONCLUSIONS: The study data indicated that maximum students were extremely satisfied the with online learning and among barriers which effect online learning is low voice and language clarity, reliability and connectivity problem, physical health barriers such as eye strain.