Clinical nursing education during the COVID-19 pandemic: perspectives of students and clinical educators.

Background: The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has thus far disrupted clinical nursing education (CNE) around the world and in Iran; which has encountered numerous challenges to this point for students and clinical educators. Therefore, this qualitative study was conducted to identify the perspectives of nursing students and clinical educators during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods: In this qualitative descriptive study, 15 participants, including nursing students and clinical educators, were selected through the purposive sampling method.