Expectations and attitudes towards the COVID-19 of nursing students at a peruvian public university

ABSTRACT

Quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional study, whose objective was to describe the expectations and attitudes towards COVID-19, of the nursing students of the Toribio Rodriguez de Mendoza University (UNTRM) Amazonas - Peru. The instrument was applied virtually to 182 students, using descriptive statistics and binary logistic regression. Results: If they became ill, only 29.1% would be cared for in a hospital;94.0% would apply the vaccine. 78.0% feel psychologically prepared to perfonn in the profession and 90.1% are willing to care for patients, despite not having good working conditions. Regarding expectations, 56.6% consider that this virus is here to stay;89.6% would work in the healthcare area, although 20.9% consider that their expectations regarding the post-COVID-19 period are uncertain, insecure, and discouraging;the probability of a good job expectation is approximately 4 times more, so 98.9% want to continue studying Nursing.