Mental statuses of nursing students in the Covid-19 pandemic period: A systematic review

ABSTRACT

This research is a systematic review conducted to evaluate nursing students' mental status in theCOVID-19 pandemic period. The study was conducted by scanning Cochrane, Science Direct, PubMed, and Google Academic databases. The index of COVID-19 and Nursing Students, Nursing Students in the Pandemic, Anxiety M Nursing Students were the English keywords. Thirteen articles meeting the evaluation criteria were reviewed. According to the results obtained from the studies evaluated, nursing students experienced mental problems such as anxiety, stress, depression, decreased self-esteem, and emotional exhaustion in the COVID-19 pandemic period.