Nursing Students’ Attitude and Satisfaction regarding to Blended Learning at the Time of COVID 19 Pandemic

Othman, Walaa Nasreldin; Elsayed, Wessam Ahmed; Abdelkhalek, Wedad Saber Shafek

doi:10.21608/tsnj.2022.218005

Nursing Students’ Attitude and Satisfaction regarding to Blended Learning at the Time of COVID 19 Pandemic

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Assistant Professor, Medical Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University, Egypt

² Assistant Professor,Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University, Egyp

³ Lecturer, Medical Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University, Egypt.

10.21608/tsnj.2022.218005

Abstract

Background: Blended learning is an advance dmodel that encompasses the advantages of both traditional teaching in the classroom, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) supported learning. Blended learning requires rigorous efforts, right attitude, handsome budget and highly motivated teachers and students for its successful implementation. Aim: To assess the nursing students' attitude and satisfaction toward blended learning at the time of COVID 19 pandemic. Subjects and Method: Design: A descriptive design was used to achieve study aim. Subjects: 400 students participated in the study were drawn from all four study levels (100 of each) of undergraduate students from both sexes who enrolled in blended learning courses for two semesters at the academic year 2020\2021. Tools:Two tools were used to gather data, Students' attitude questionnaire and Student Satisfaction Survey Form. Results: 57.0% of studied students were female, 94% of them had secondary school certificate, 93.8% of them use smart phones, 84.2% had positive attitude toward blended learningand 90.2% were unsatisfied toward blended learning. Conclusion: Levels of nursing students’ attitude and satisfaction shows non-significant relationship between sex and last scientific certification. There wasstatistically nonsignificant weak negative correlation between attitude total score and satisfaction total score among studied sample (-.040,p=.425). Recommendations: For faculty administration: Involve blended learning as alternative plan at the time of crisis. Improve the infrastructure of internet for effective implementation of blended learning. Encourage the students to discuss the barriers for using blended learning and support from administrative authority to deal with the barriers face the implementation of blended learning.