Novice nurses' transition to the clinical setting in the COVID-19 pandemic: A phenomenological hermeneutic study.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic both exposed and increased weaknesses in the healthcare system, so that novice nurses have become a more vulnerable group during this context.

Aim: This study sought to illuminate experience of novice nurses in providing care during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Method: It consists of a qualitative study conducted with data collected by means of semistructured interviews, audio recorded, transcribed, anonymised, and analysed in the light of the phenomenological hermeneutic approach.