How did the COVID-19 pandemic impact the stress vulnerability of employed and non-employed nursing students in Romania?

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    • Source:
      Publisher: Public Library of Science Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 101285081 Publication Model: eCollection Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1932-6203 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 19326203 NLM ISO Abbreviation: PLoS One Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Original Publication: San Francisco, CA : Public Library of Science
    • Subject Terms:
      COVID-19*/epidemiology ; COVID-19*/psychology ; Education, Nursing* ; Mental Health* ; SARS-CoV-2* ; Stress, Psychological*/epidemiology ; Stress, Psychological*/psychology ; Students, Nursing*; Adult ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Pandemics ; Romania/epidemiology
    • Abstract:
      In the light of the current COVID-19 pandemic, being considered a present challenge for public health, the main purpose of this work is to analyze the vulnerability to stress of a sample of nursing students in Romania considering their status on labour market (employed students in the medical system and non-employed students) before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Employed students were more vulnerable to stress comparing to non-employed ones during the pandemic. In addition to this, the nursing students working in the medical system experienced medium vulnerability to stress during the pandemic comparing to those working before the pandemic who experienced a low vulnerability to stress. Excepting the non-employed students before the pandemic, the females were more vulnerable to stress comparing to the males in the sample and the students living in the country experienced a higher level of stress comparing to those living in the urban area. During the pandemic, most of the employed nursing students expressed their fear of getting infected with COVID-19, this representing the most stressful factor for them, while most of them mentioned the self-control as being the most proper strategy for them to cope with stress. These empirical findings have practical implications for stress control among present and future nurses, for management of medical units and for higher education nursing.
      Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20220304 Date Completed: 20220314 Latest Revision: 20220314
    • Publication Date:
      20240105
    • Accession Number:
      PMC8896692
    • Accession Number:
      10.1371/journal.pone.0264920
    • Accession Number:
      35245331