Definition of Terms

Covid-19 – According to Bender (2020), COVID-19 is defined as a disease caused by a new

strain of coronavirus. ‘Formerly, this disease was referred to as 2019 novel coronavirus or 2019-

nCoV. The COVID-19 virus is a new virus linked to the same family of viruses as Severe Acute

Respiratory Syndrome and some types of common cold. This study will be an effective form of

health communication for the adoption of sustainable preventive measures of the nursing

students of St. Anthony College of Roxas City, Inc.

E- Learning - The term refers to various methods of technology-enabled learning systems,

supported by the use of information-communication technologies (Yang, 2020). In this Study, it

will be used to examine the relation of nursing students towards E-Learning.

Impact – According to Hearn (2016) impact is defined as the action of one object coming

forcibly into contact with another or a marked effect or influence. In this study, it is the effect of

the sudden emergence of a new virus and how it affects the many changes in learnings of nursing

students of Saint Anthony College of Roxas City, Inc.

Nursing students – It is defined as a person who is enrolled in a nursing school or hospital to

pursue a career as a nurse. In this study, the nursing students of St. Anthony College of Roxas

City, Inc. are able to express their experiences as well as how they are able to utilize the

available resources in order to uphold the same quality of education despite of the pandemic and

classes are held online.

Online Learning - A term to describe an emerging approach to learn at students’ own premise

through advanced information-communication technologies (such as Blackboard, Moodle,

YouTube, Virtual Reality) either asynchronously or synchronously (Yang, 2020). In this Study,
the structure of online learning expanded the nursing students' use of technology and surpassed

the technology used in the students' traditional classroom settings.

Online Learning Capacity – means how well an individual thinks. It involves, memory,

attention span and ability to sequence ideas in e-learning. In this Study, this will be measure the

level of capacity of nursing students in online learning.

Pandemic – According to Robinson (2020) pandemic is defined as a disease outbreak that spreads

across countries or continents. It affects more people and takes more lives than an epidemic. this

study will focus on the timely pandemic surge particularly the situation of the nursing students of

St. Anthony College of Roxas City, Inc. This study will evaluate the adjustments and precautions

of the students to cope with the new normal environment and learning.
References :

 Yang, K.  (2020). What Can College Teachers Learn From Students' Experiential
Narratives in Hybrid Courses? : A Text Mining Method of Longitudinal Data.
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 Robinson, J. (2020). Pandemic. Retrieved from https://www.webmd.com/cold-and-
flu/what-are-epidemics-pandemics-outbreaks
 Hearn, S. (2016) What do we mean by ‘impact’. Retrieved from
https://www.researchtoaction.org/2016/02/what-do-we-mean-by-impact/
 Bender, L. (2020). Key Messages and Actions for COVID-19 Prevention and Control in
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