Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic on the Academic Performance and Attitude of Nursing Students towards E-Learning

Authors: Bollineni NJ and Jahnavi K

DOI: 10.23880/nhij-16000336

Volume 8, Issue 6

Abstract

Background: COVID-19 has interrupted the normal academic program very much. Education is an area that is never to be interrupted at any cost, but COVID-19 was a devastating pandemic that confronted human survival, hence all the systems were focused on survival and the routine education system was interrupted and taken a step to adopt E-teaching and learning platform for students for the first time. Hence the researcher aimed to identify the impact of COVID-19 on academic performance and their attitude towards E-learning. Materials and Methods: A quantitative research study was carried out by using a simple random sampling technique by considering every sample. The descriptive research design was adopted. The study was accomplished at selected nursing colleges in Guntur (Dt), Andhra Pradesh. Hundred (n =100) subjects of 3rd year B.Sc.N students and hundred (n=100) subjects of 4th year B.Sc. N students were selected. A semi-structured questionnaire was developed to collect the sociodemographic data and assess the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on academic performance and attitudes towards E-learning by using Likert scales. The data collected was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: Among the respondents majority (46%) of students in group I belong to the lower middle class whereas 39% of the students in group II belong to the upper middle class. Most (84%) of the students in group I and in group II had used the smart phone for e-learning and more than half (53%) of the students felt that e-learning was less expensive in the nursing field. The mean score of Attitude towards e-learning was (33.38±0.84) in group I and in group II (29.948±0.29). The results showed that there was a significant difference between attitude and academic performance. Conclusion: Though technology has improved the various E-learning platforms nursing education is more of hands-on skill training and demonstrations are needed. Hence the respondents had felt that the students were unable to learn nursing procedures adequately through E-learning.

Keywords: Covid-19 Pandemic; B.Sc. Nursing Students; Academic Performance; Attitude; E- Learning

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