Perception, Satisfaction, and Obstacle of Online Learning Faced by Academic Nursing Students during COVID-19 Pandemic

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Sohag University

2 Community Health Nursing, Beni- Suef University

3 Fellow of Nursing, PHD in Community Health Nursing, Ain Shams University Hospital

4 Gerontological Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Sohag University

5 Nursing Administration, Nursing College, Misr University for Science and Technology

6 Lecture of Psychiatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Sohag University, Egypt

Abstract

Background: During COVID-19, academic nursing students face many challenges as a result of
online learning. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the greatest disruption of learning in history and
had a global impact on learners and teachers. The study aimed to recognize perception,
satisfaction, and obstacle of online learning faced by academic nursing students during COVID-19
pandemic. Subjects and Methods: Design: A descriptive research design was used in this study.
Setting: The study was applied in the Faculty of Nursing, Sohag University. Sample: A convenient
sample of 230 including all the third academic nursing students' years in the previously mentioned
setting. Four tools of data collection: (I) an online questionnaire was used. It consisted of two
parts; (1) demographic characteristics of academic nursing students, (2) educational platforms were
used, (II) online learning obstacles faced by academic students, (III) learner satisfaction with online
– learning, (IV) students' perception toward online learning assessment sheet. Results: The revealed
that the most used platform among academic nursing students was the Microsoft platform for online
learning. The most obstacles faced by the students during online learning concern the Learners'
characteristics dimension, as well as less than two-thirds of the studied academic nursing students,
face a high level of obstacles. Also, about two-thirds of students were unsatisfied with their online
learning experience. There is a positive statistically significant correlation between total perception
and obstacles for online learning. Conclusion: It was found that academic nursing students were
unsatisfied with continuing online learning during COVID-19 and faced many obstacles that
interfere with their education. Recommendations: Educating the younger generation of academic
nursing students about how to use online learning platforms to transform them into the future
through various media and faculties to help academic them become more knowledgeable and skilled

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