INVESTIGATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ANXIETY STATUS OF NURSING STUDENTS AND THEIR COMMITMENT TO THE PROFESSION DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Abstract

This study examined the relationship between nursing students' anxiety and professional commitment during the Covid-19 pandemic process. This research used a descriptive and correlational research design; it was conducted in the fall semester of the 2020-2021 academic year when the pandemic process continued. The research was conducted with 1026 nursing students from two state and two private universities, these students who agreed to participate formed the sample of the research. Sociodemographic characteristics, questions about the Covid-19 Pandemic process, Beck Anxiety Scale and Nursing Professional Commitment Scale were used to collect data. Data were collected online. The 1st and 4th-year male students' professional commitment average whose grade poing average is below 2.00 was low (p<0.05). The anxiety average of female students, students who are in the 2nd year, students whose grade point average is below 2.00, who are between the ages of 17-20, who have a chronic illness who lost an acquaintance due to Coronavirus19 was found as high(p<0.05). It was found that 20 % of nursing students experienced a moderate and high level of anxiety, and that they experienced decreased professional commitment due to an increase in anxiety level and that there is a weak negative relationship between them. In the pandemic process, as the anxiety of nursing students increased, their professional commitment decreased.

Keywords

• Nursing students
• Covid-19
• Profession Commintment
• Anxiety

Project Number

yok

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