Lived Experiences of Nursing Students in Practicum in Midwifery 2 during Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: A Phenomenological Study

Abstract

            This study is a qualitative research. The objective of this qualitative research were to study lived experiences of nursing students in Practicum in Midwifery 2 during COVID-19 pandemic. The Heidegger hermeneutic phenomenological was guided as research methodology. The selected key informant method was criterion-based selection by using purposive sampling method. Sixty of fourth-year nursing students in Kuakarun Faculty of Nursing who had finished practicing in Delivery room in academic year 2020 were selected. Data were collected using in-depth interviews and group discussion and were analyzed using Leonard’s method

            The findings of this study revealed 4 thematic core categories reflected including: 1) found good things, consists of 3 subthemes including 1.1) feel comfortable with lecturer was by their side 1.2) good instructional media and learning 1.3) good preparing, 2) negative effects, consists of 2 subthemes including 2.1) stress and anxiety with new learning styles 2.2) fatigue and frustration in the practice, 3) acceptance and self-adjustment, and 4) learning outcomes, consists of 6 subthemes including 4.1) honesty, discipline, patients’ rights 4.2) knowledge and holistic nursing care 4.3) analytical thinking and problem solving 4.4) relationship, responsibility, teamwork 4.5) calculation, good communication, using technology, and 4.6) practicum in Midwifery skills. The results of this study: nursing lecturers can apply these results to be a guide for development their clinical teaching in other wards under the emerging disease pandemic.