COVID-19 VACCINATION STATUS AMONG UNDERGRADUATE NURSING STUDENTS

Abstract

Objective: To know the status of vaccination against COVID-19 among undergraduate nursing students. Materials and Methods: Cross-sectional study, with a quantitative approach, conducted with undergraduate nursing students of a private university located in southern Brazil. A non-probabilistic purposive sample of 60 enrolled students was used. Data collection was performed between September and December 2024 and the instrument measured sociodemographic aspects and a structured questionnaire with 6 questions related to their COVID-19 vaccination status. Before the final application, a pilot test was conducted with a group of five randomly selected nursing students. Data analysis was performed using
simple descriptive statistics. Results: 90% of the participants (n= 54) responded that they had no problems
to participate in the immunization, on the other hand, 10% expressed vaccine hesitancy. The denialist
movements may have influenced the lack of adherence to vaccination in the small group of students.
Conclusion: The study shows that students are committed to public/community/family health through immunization.