Nursing Students' Perceptions of E-Learning Challenges During COVID-19: A Cross-Sectional Survey

Due to COVID-19 exposures globally, all institutions have begun providing education using remote learning to prevent functional standstill and promote continuity in learning. During the COVID-19 epidemic, bachelor of nursing students was asked to describe the challenges they faced in their clinical job, education, performance, online tests, and psychological health and cooperation.A closed-ended pre-validated online questionnaire was issued to all undergraduate nursing students at our university.Categorical variables were analyzed using a Chi-square, and multiple regression analysis was adopted for comparing student'se-learning domains This cross-sectional study included 322 nursing undergraduates (N = 322). Students' biggest concerns included exam criteria (77.3%), preclinical training (61.6%), management support (69.8 %), difficulty understanding online lectures (48.9%), technology barriers (71.8%), and fear about course completion (73.96%). Femalenursingstudents were more likely than male students to report that COVID-19 hurt their mental health (stress about online learning) (p = 0.031). COVID-19 had a considerably more detrimental effect on senior students' perceptions of teamwork than did COVID-19 have on junior students (p = 0.004).More study is needed from developing countries to define standards for delivering excellent education in the event of a pandemic, which creates an unprecedented situation that necessitates using a remote e-learning system.