Effect of Acupressure on Senior Nursing Students' Anxiety during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial.
Background: The transition to distance learning in nursing education during the COVID-19 pandemic, where clinical practice is critical, may have caused senior nursing students to experience a sense of graduating without sufficient skills and experience anxiety in addition to the anxiety caused by th...
| Publicado en: | International Journal of Caring Sciences Vol. 16; no. 1; pp. 218 - 226 |
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| Formato: | research tables/charts randomized controlled trial Journal Article |
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International Journal of Caring Sciences
Jan-Apr2023
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