Seeking Information and Consultation

Seeking information and consultation is a possible coping strategy for nursing students during the COVID-19 pandemic. The cross-sectional study conducted by [7] on 244 nursing students discovered that COVID-19 increased concerns among many nursing students, not just about this disease but also about the disruption of their daily routines, financial challenges, spending much time away from their friends and family, and the new paradigm of moving academics online with remote learning. The study further noted that maintaining

a positive attitude in seeking information and consultation was a positive coping strategy associated with better mental outcomes among nursing students.

#### Staying Optimistic

The importance of staying optimistic was evident in another study in Saudi Arabia. Another author [14] conducted a cross-sectional study on 124 participants in Saudi Arabia to find 79% of nursing students in the country understood that by staying optimistic, they had a viable strategy for coping with COVID-19-related stressors, such as fear of getting infected and the deaths of patients as a result of this disease. Therefore, optimism has emerged as a positive coping strategy that urged nursing students to stabilize and gain psychological adaptation during this period.
