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How Does COVID-19 Pandemic Influence the Sense of Belonging and Decision-Making Process of Nursing Students: The Study of Nursing Students’ Experiences

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  • Luis Miguel Dos Santos

    (Woosong Language Institute, Woosong University, Daejeon 34514, Korea)

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Financial consideration, internal and external influence, personal goal, and educational achievement always influence the decision-making process and behavior of individuals. Using nursing students as the population, the researcher employed the Social Cognitive Career Theory as the theoretical framework to examine the nursing human resources shortages and how would the COVID-19 pandemic influence the experiences, sense of belonging, and career decision-making process of 58 nursing students in South Korea. The researcher categorized the sharing into two groups, which were before the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the changes during the COVID-19 pandemic. The results indicated that financial consideration was the significant reason why South Korean nursing students decided to study nursing regardless of the COVID-19 pandemic. More importantly, almost all participants decided to leave the nursing profession due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the consideration between financial factor and personal sacrifice. The outcomes of this study provided a blueprint for human resources professionals, government leaders, policymakers, school leaders, and hospital managers to reform their current curriculum and human resources planning to overcome the potential human resources gaps in the soon future due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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  • Luis Miguel Dos Santos, 2020. "How Does COVID-19 Pandemic Influence the Sense of Belonging and Decision-Making Process of Nursing Students: The Study of Nursing Students’ Experiences," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(15), pages 1-19, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:17:y:2020:i:15:p:5603-:d:394061
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    1. Luis Miguel Dos Santos, 2020. "Exploring International School Teachers and Professional School Staffs’ Social Cognitive Career Perspective on Lifelong Career Development: A Hong Kong Study," Journal of Education and e-Learning Research, Asian Online Journal Publishing Group, vol. 7(2), pages 116-121.
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    3. Luis Miguel Dos Santos, 2020. "I Am a Nursing Student but Hate Nursing: The East Asian Perspectives between Social Expectation and Social Context," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(7), pages 1-18, April.
    4. Kai Hong Tang & Luis Miguel Dos Santos, 2017. "A Brief Discussion and Application of Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis in the Field of Health Science and Public Health," International Journal of Learning and Development, Macrothink Institute, vol. 7(3), pages 123-132, September.
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    6. Toru Hama & Yukari Takai & Maiko Noguchi‐Watanabe & Reiko Yamahana & Ayumi Igarashi & Noriko Yamamoto‐Mitani, 2019. "Clinical practice and work‐related burden among second career nurses: A cross‐sectional survey," Journal of Clinical Nursing, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 28(17-18), pages 3288-3298, September.
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