ABSTRACT
Introduction: The Covid-19 pandemic demands education adopt e-learning as a mandatory learning method. Discontinuation of learning at the clinic provides challenges in achieving new nurse candidates' clinical while caring for the patients. However, the description of online learning's impact on the clinical competence of new nurses is still limited. Purpose: To identify the clinical competence of new nurses after following the online learning system throughout the Covid-19 outbreak. Methods: A sequential explanatory mixed-method study. This research conducted quantitative and qualitative data collection by using online forms. The purposive sampling technique involved 120 new nurses. As quantitative respondents, seven new nurses, seven senior nurses, and seven head nurses as qualitative participants. The quantitative and qualitative data were analyzed by performing a chi-square test, and the Colaizzi method was, integrated into the result to get a complete understanding. Results: Online learning significantly impacted new nurses' clinical competence (p-value 0.031). This study results formulated seven main themes, including quickly learning to run digital medical devices, making good reports, lack of confidence in performing nursing implementation, being late in making decisions, lack of empathy, rarely communicating therapeutic, hard in building close relationships. Online learning positively impacts knowledge and administrative skills;the opposite occurs in attitudes, nursing procedural skills, values internalization, and communication. The integrated result shows that the online method is inappropriate for nursing clinical competency learning. Conclusion: Various online learning components shape nursing students' clinical competence. It recommended modifications to the orientation program for new nurses. © 2022 UPM Press. All rights reserved.