Abstract

A feasibility project was carried out by 4 Doctor of Nursing Practice students enrolled at Boston College. It was a project aimed at determining if symptom monitoring twice daily, as recommended for healthcare providers by the Center for Disease Control, was feasible for nursing students who would need to do so to reenter their field training in medical facilities. The team set out to determine the factors that contributed to adherence and those that were barriers to adherence. COVID-19 lead to nursing students having virtually no in-person learning experiences so we wanted to be proactive in planning for the reopening of healthcare learning environments. It was anticipated that students would be expected to maintain daily symptom monitoring. We had 16 participants and we included a pre-survey and post-survey in addition to the symptom checklist. The participants received an email reminder twice daily which was noted as the most helpful to adherence in our project. The barriers to adherence were technology issues and personal schedule conflicts. The limitations identified were technology issues mainly related to a computer glitch that lead to a shorter period for data collection and a small sample size. The recommendations for future projects include incorporating information technology support and continuing the email reminders.