*2.1. Research Question Formulation Using PICOT*

The PICOT framework was used to develop and frame the research question "What are the stressors and coping strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic among nursing students?" The PICOT Framework in Table 1 generated the keywords used to undertake the research process in the selected electronic databases.


#### *2.2. Key Words*

A combination of the following terms was used to search the databases, using Boolean operators ("and", "or"): "Nursing students", "COVID-19", "coronavirus", "stressors", "coping strategies", "pandemic", and "outbreak".
