The impact of COVID-19 on practice learning in nurse education

Julie Bliss*

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Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted healthcare education and delivery, including both theory and practice learning. Academic staff responded rapidly to move teaching online during the first lockdown, with many returning to practice to deliver care or upskill practice staff to work in critical care. Many pre-registration students responded by becoming paid NHS employees, contributing to care delivery while remaining on their programme of study. Practice learning partners, despite the challenges of the pandemic, continued to support students to achieve their registration status. This occurred within the context of the Emergency and Recovery Standards, published by the Nursing and Midwifery Council between March 2020 and September 2021. This paper sets out the response of students, practice learning partners and higher education institutions involved in pre-registration nursing and midwifery programmes.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)576-580
Number of pages5
JournalBritish Journal of Community Nursing
Volume26
Issue number12
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2 Dec 2021

Keywords

  • COVID-19
  • Emergency standards
  • Partnership working
  • Practice learning

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