Influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on nursing skills experience and subjective attainment among final-year nursing students in Japan: a questionnaire-based multicenter cross-sectional study

The COVID-19 pandemic restricted nursing students' opportunities for clinical practice and their experience and subjective skills attainment in Japan. Of note, the clinical training area had the greatest effect on the subjects' nursing skills attainment during the pandemic. These findings highlight the importance of clinical practice for improving nursing skills attainment.