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The first COVID-19 new graduate nurses generation: findings from an Italian cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Nursing education has been disrupted by the onset of the COronaVIrus Disease 19 (COVID-19) pandemic, potentially impacting learning experiences and perceived competencies at the time of graduation. However, the learning experiences of students since the onset of COVID-19, their perceived...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9062856/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35505402 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12912-022-00885-3 |
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author | Palese, Alvisa Brugnolli, Anna Achil, Illarj Mattiussi, Elisa Fabris, Stefano Kajander-Unkuri, Satu Dimonte, Valerio Grassetti, Luca Danielis, Matteo |
author_facet | Palese, Alvisa Brugnolli, Anna Achil, Illarj Mattiussi, Elisa Fabris, Stefano Kajander-Unkuri, Satu Dimonte, Valerio Grassetti, Luca Danielis, Matteo |
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description | BACKGROUND: Nursing education has been disrupted by the onset of the COronaVIrus Disease 19 (COVID-19) pandemic, potentially impacting learning experiences and perceived competencies at the time of graduation. However, the learning experiences of students since the onset of COVID-19, their perceived competences achieved and the employment status one month after graduation, have not been traced to date. METHODS: A cross sectional online survey measured the individual profile, the learning experience in the last academic year and the perceived competences of the first COVID-19 new nursing graduates in two Italian universities. Details relating to employment status and place of employment (Covid-19 versus non-COVID-19 units) one month after graduation were also collected and the data compared with those reported by a similar cohort of new graduates pre-pandemic in 2018–2019. All those who graduated in November 2020 and attended their third year after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic were eligible. The online survey included individual, nursing programme and first working experience variables alongside the Nurse Competence Scale (NCS). Descriptive and inferential statistical analyses were performed. RESULTS: A total of 323 new graduates participated. In their last academic year, they experienced a single, long clinical placement in non-COVID-19 units. One month after graduation, 54.5% (n = 176) were working in COVID-19 units, 22.9% (n = 74) in non-COVID-19 units and 22.6 (n = 73) were unemployed. There was no statistical difference among groups regarding individual variables and the competences perceived. Fewer new graduates working in COVID-19 units experienced a transition programme compared to those working in non-COVID-19 units (p = 0.053). At the NCS, the first COVID-19 new graduate generation perceived significantly lower competences than the pre-COVID-19 generation in the ‘Helping role’ factor and a significant higher in ‘Ensuring quality’ and ‘Therapeutic interventions’ factors. CONCLUSIONS: The majority of the first COVID-19 new graduate generation had been employed in COVID-19 units without clinical experience and transition programmes, imposing an ethical debate regarding (a) the role of education in graduating nurses in challenging times with limited clinical placements; and (b) that of nurse managers and directors in ensuring safe transitions for new graduates. Despite the profound clinical placement revision, the first COVID-19 new graduate generation reported competences similar to those of the pre-COVID-19 generation, suggesting that the pandemic may have helped them to optimise the clinical learning process. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12912-022-00885-3. |
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spelling | pubmed-90628562022-05-03 The first COVID-19 new graduate nurses generation: findings from an Italian cross-sectional study Palese, Alvisa Brugnolli, Anna Achil, Illarj Mattiussi, Elisa Fabris, Stefano Kajander-Unkuri, Satu Dimonte, Valerio Grassetti, Luca Danielis, Matteo BMC Nurs Research BACKGROUND: Nursing education has been disrupted by the onset of the COronaVIrus Disease 19 (COVID-19) pandemic, potentially impacting learning experiences and perceived competencies at the time of graduation. However, the learning experiences of students since the onset of COVID-19, their perceived competences achieved and the employment status one month after graduation, have not been traced to date. METHODS: A cross sectional online survey measured the individual profile, the learning experience in the last academic year and the perceived competences of the first COVID-19 new nursing graduates in two Italian universities. Details relating to employment status and place of employment (Covid-19 versus non-COVID-19 units) one month after graduation were also collected and the data compared with those reported by a similar cohort of new graduates pre-pandemic in 2018–2019. All those who graduated in November 2020 and attended their third year after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic were eligible. The online survey included individual, nursing programme and first working experience variables alongside the Nurse Competence Scale (NCS). Descriptive and inferential statistical analyses were performed. RESULTS: A total of 323 new graduates participated. In their last academic year, they experienced a single, long clinical placement in non-COVID-19 units. One month after graduation, 54.5% (n = 176) were working in COVID-19 units, 22.9% (n = 74) in non-COVID-19 units and 22.6 (n = 73) were unemployed. There was no statistical difference among groups regarding individual variables and the competences perceived. Fewer new graduates working in COVID-19 units experienced a transition programme compared to those working in non-COVID-19 units (p = 0.053). At the NCS, the first COVID-19 new graduate generation perceived significantly lower competences than the pre-COVID-19 generation in the ‘Helping role’ factor and a significant higher in ‘Ensuring quality’ and ‘Therapeutic interventions’ factors. CONCLUSIONS: The majority of the first COVID-19 new graduate generation had been employed in COVID-19 units without clinical experience and transition programmes, imposing an ethical debate regarding (a) the role of education in graduating nurses in challenging times with limited clinical placements; and (b) that of nurse managers and directors in ensuring safe transitions for new graduates. Despite the profound clinical placement revision, the first COVID-19 new graduate generation reported competences similar to those of the pre-COVID-19 generation, suggesting that the pandemic may have helped them to optimise the clinical learning process. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12912-022-00885-3. BioMed Central 2022-05-03 /pmc/articles/PMC9062856/ /pubmed/35505402 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12912-022-00885-3 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. |
spellingShingle | Research Palese, Alvisa Brugnolli, Anna Achil, Illarj Mattiussi, Elisa Fabris, Stefano Kajander-Unkuri, Satu Dimonte, Valerio Grassetti, Luca Danielis, Matteo The first COVID-19 new graduate nurses generation: findings from an Italian cross-sectional study |
title | The first COVID-19 new graduate nurses generation: findings from an Italian cross-sectional study |
title_full | The first COVID-19 new graduate nurses generation: findings from an Italian cross-sectional study |
title_fullStr | The first COVID-19 new graduate nurses generation: findings from an Italian cross-sectional study |
title_full_unstemmed | The first COVID-19 new graduate nurses generation: findings from an Italian cross-sectional study |
title_short | The first COVID-19 new graduate nurses generation: findings from an Italian cross-sectional study |
title_sort | first covid-19 new graduate nurses generation: findings from an italian cross-sectional study |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9062856/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35505402 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12912-022-00885-3 |
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