**2. Materials and Methods**

#### *2.1. Setting*

The study was conducted in the nursing department at a private University to evaluate and compare the students' perspectives of clinical practice stressors and the coping strategies used to respond to these stressors before the COVID-19 pandemic and during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings from this study will be utilized to improve the learning and the educational process in their current situation, reflecting on the level of the students who will graduate from nursing school in the future.
