Changes in Clinical Training for Nursing Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Scoping Review

(1) Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has cost social, economic, cultural, and educational life, distressing nursing training and practice. This study aimed to map the literature on changes in clinical training for nursing students during the COVID-19 pandemic. (2) Methods: A scoping review was conducted according to JBI methodology's latest guidance. A set of relevant electronic databases and grey literature was searched to report results published in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. (3) Results: A total of 12 studies were included in the study, addressing changes in clinical training in undergraduate nursing students due to COVID-19 pandemic activity, published between 2020 and 2022. (4) Conclusions: Nursing schools made an effort to replace traditional clinical training with several activities, primarily based on simulation or virtual activities. However, contact with others is essential, and simulation programs or scenarios cannot provide it.

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This study examined the changes in clinical training for nursing students during the COVID-19 pandemic through a scoping review of relevant literature. The findings showed that nursing schools had to replace traditional training with simulation or virtual activities. However, it is crucial to have contact with others, which cannot be provided through simulations.