Table 1.
Final search strategy implemented in PubMed.
| Terms used in PubMed | Number of hits | |
|---|---|---|
| #1 | Nursing student[MeSH Terms] | 24,372 |
| #2 | Nurs* undergraduate | 7967 |
| #3 | Health care student | 75,375 |
| #4 | Health science student | 58,763 |
| #5 | Pre-licensure nurse | 173 |
| #6 | #1 OR #2 OR #3 OR #4 OR #5 | 124,672 |
| #7 | Pandemic[MeSH terms] | 43,602 |
| #8 | Infectious disease outbreak[MeSH terms] | 97,821 |
| #9 | COVID-19 OR coronavirus OR SARS-CoV-2 | 15,899 |
| #10 | SARS OR Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome | 14,336 |
| #11 | MERS OR Middle East Respiratory Syndrome | 18,922 |
| #12 | H1N1 OR influenza, human | 20,878 |
| #13 | Ebola OR ebolavirus | 9204 |
| #14 | #7 OR #8 OR #9 OR #10 OR #11 OR #12 OR #13 | 148,205 |
| #15 | #6 AND #14 | 607 |
| #16 | Aids[MeSH terms] | 76,190 |
| #17 | Measles | 29,081 |
| #18 | #15 NOT #16 NOT #17 | 557 |