College
College of Health Professions
Date of Last Revision
2023-05-05 20:58:26
Major
Nursing
Honors Course
8200:480:002:4221
Number of Credits
4
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Date of Expected Graduation
Spring 2022
Abstract
In this project we completed a deep dive into how the Covid-19 pandemic reshaped our mental health and has affected our preparation for careers as registered nurses through a series of auto- ethnographic narrative journals using scholarly articles to support this idea. By utilizing personal narratives, we analyzed and reflected upon the cognitive and mental changes we experienced throughout this pandemic. We fulfilled this by comprising two personal narratives with inquiries pertaining to each shared narrative by utilizing the common themes of being nursing students and living through a pandemic. Within these personal narratives, we discussed how the pandemic influenced our feelings of preparedness to assume our upcoming roles as newly registered nurse and the mental health challenges that arose from it. Through being nursing students during this pandemic, we incorporated concepts we learned during nursing school and critically examined the way in which the pandemic affected mental health of populations. As a result of our literature review, we found that despite the impact that the pandemic has had on our mental health, school has still given us the proper tools necessary and the confidence that we need to move forward after graduation.
Research Sponsor
Lisa Hart
First Reader
Debra Horning
Second Reader
Carrie Wissmar
Honors Faculty Advisor
Christine Graor
Recommended Citation
Shaffer, Audrey and Bereznay, Sarah, "Auto- Ethnography with a deep dive into changes Mental health during the pandemic and a look into the way the pandemic has shaped nursing protocols for recent nursing college graduates" (2022). Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects. 1488.
https://ideaexchange.uakron.edu/honors_research_projects/1488
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