Table 5.
Ranking of Worries during COVID-19 Pandemic for Graduate Nursing Studentsb.
Given the changes at the school of nursing caused by the spread of COVID-19, how often do you worry about the following?a
5 = Very often 4 = Often 3 = Sometimes 2 = Almost Never 1 = Never.
| Overall N = 222 |
N | MS N = 131 |
DNP N = 72 |
PhD N = 19 |
p-Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paying your bills | 2 (1, 3) | 216 | 2 (1, 3) | 2 (1, 4) | 3 (2, 4) | 0.801 |
| Doing well in college now that many classes are online. | 2 (1, 3) | 215 | 2 (1, 3) | 2 (1, 3) | 1 (1, 3) | 0.471 |
| Successfully using technology for online classes. | 2 (1, 3) | 216 | 1 (1, 3) | 2 (1, 3) | 1 (1, 2) | 0.115 |
| Losing friendships and social connections now that classes are online | 1 (1, 3) | 216 | 1 (1, 2) | 2 (1, 3) | 1 (1, 3) | 0.553 |
| Having access to health care | 1 (1, 2) | 216 | 1 (1, 2) | 1 (1, 2) | 1 (1, 2) | 0.932 |
| Having enough to eat | 1 (1,1) | 216 | 1 (1, 1) | 1 (1, 1) | 1 (1, 1) | 0.755 |
| Having a safe and secure place to sleep every night. | 1 (1, 1) | 216 | 1 (1, 1) | 1 (1, 1) | 1 (1, 1) | 0.833 |
a
Adapted from adapted from the Higher Education Data Sharing Consortium (HEDS, 2020).
b
The median rank (25th quantile, 75th quantile) is reported for the overall sample, and stratified by graduate program (MS, DNP, PhD). Kruskal-Wallis test was used to test for differences between graduate programs.