Impact of the Great East Japan Earthquake followed by the nuclear power plant accident on the nursing students' academic progress in Soma, Fukushima, Japan: a retrospective cohort study with questionnaire survey.

Background: The Great East Japan Earthquake and the subsequent Fukushima nuclear power plant accident in 2011 posed significant challenges to the educational sector, particularly affecting nursing students in the disaster area. However, to the best of our knowledge, there are no reports on the effects of the natural disaster coupled with the nuclear accident on the nursing students. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the impact of the Fukushima disasters on rate of academic failure events in nursing education.