Nursing Students’ Experiences in Primary Health Care Post in Post-COVID Era

This study explores the fundamental structure of nursing students' experiences in Primary Health Care Post through qualitative research, utilizing focus group interviews from participants' perspectives in the post-COVID era. The findings reveal that the meaning of nursing students' practice experiences in primary health care posts during this period can be categorized into six key themes as follows: “Expanding the Competencies of Primary Health Care Post Professionals,” “Understanding the Practical Roles of Primary Health Care Post Professionals,” “New Awareness in the Post-COVID Era,” “Emotional Experiences,” “Rediscovering the Role of the Primary Health Care Posts,” and “Becoming a Primary Health Care Post Professional.” This study involved 18 fourth-year nursing students from a nursing college, all of whom had practical experience at six different primary health care posts, included three focus groups. The findings of this study provide an in-depth understanding of nursing students' practice experiences in primary health care posts during their community health nursing training in the post-COVID era.