*Relevance to Clinical Practice*

Our study highlights that there was a strong, reliable, and accurate relationship between stress and the use of coping strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to before. We anticipate that this relationship will only continue. Students are important resources for our health system and society and will continue to be vital long term. It is now up to both nursing educators and health administrators to identify and implement the needed improvements in training and safety measures because they are essential for the health of the patient, but also future pandemics.

**Author Contributions:** Study design: H.Y.H., E.J., N.M.A.Z., and J.A.S.S.; data collection and analysis: F.N.A.N. and H.H.B.H.; manuscript writing: H.Y.H., E.J., N.M.A.Z., F.N.A.N., H.H.B.H., and J.A.S.S.; agrees to be accountable for all aspects of work: H.Y.H., E.J., N.M.A.Z., F.N.A.N., H.H.B.H., and J.A.S.S. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

**Funding:** This research received no external funding.

**Institutional Review Board Statement:** The study was conducted according to the guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by the Institutional Review Board (or Ethics Committee) of AlMaarefa University (protocol code 07-20062021 and 21 June 2019).

**Informed Consent Statement:** Informed consent was obtained from all subjects involved in the study.

**Data Availability Statement:** The data that support the findings of this study are available on request from the corresponding author. The data are not publicly available due to privacy or ethical restrictions.

**Acknowledgments:** The authors would like to thank Almaarefa University for its financial support of this research. The authors would also like to thank the University of North Florida, and all the participants in who took part of the study.

**Conflicts of Interest:** The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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