An Assessment of Nurses’ Knowledge of Botulism

Abstract

The results of this study indicate the need for an assessment of the current education nurses receive about botulism.

Bioterrorism education effect on knowledge and attitudes of nurses

“…The mean percentage of correct answers for the samples was 25.95%, with a SD of ±19.89%. [11] Whereas the mean percentage of correct answers for this study was 14.79% and less than mentioned study. However, results of both studies showed poor knowledge of nurses about bioterrorism.…”

“…The findings like other studies showed that the education is helpful and important for increasing the amount of preparation, knowledge, and practice of nurses and other health staff. [811121423–25] It also became clear that education is effective on nurses′ knowledge in all areas of bioterrorism such as the concept and nature of bioterrorism, the bioterrorism causal factors, the release of bioterrorism factors, bioterrorism detection, and decontamination of victims. Like this study, the results of a study that assess the effect of bioterrorism education on knowledge, preparedness, and ability to deal with biological agents demonstrated that achieving the purpose of the bioterrorism preparedness is directly related to educated people like nurses as the first responders of such incidents and are able to quickly identify infectious agents.…”

“…[38–10] Recent studies have shown that nurses have poor knowledge in dealing with biological factors. [11–14] Although nurses are the first responders in bioterrorism events and who trained in bioterrorism, have more willing to treat bioterrorism patients, their participation in preparedness has not been well evaluated. [15–19] So, this study examines the effect of bioterrorism education on knowledge and attitudes of nurses.…”

An Assessment of Knowledge and Attitude of Iranian Nurses Towards Bioterrorism

“…Nevertheless, the existing nurses and other health staff in health care facilities should not be ignored. Continues education courses are vital for increasing the level of preparedness, awareness, and practice of this target group (4,14,17,18,20,(25)(26)(27).…”

“…Considering that in biological terrorism, hospitals, emergency departments and health practitioners, including physicians and nurses, are the first responders dealing with patients, they are more responsible, and having bioterrorism preparedness training program will be necessary (15,16). Recent studies have shown that nurses have poor knowledge in dealing with biological agents (17)(18)(19)(20). Another study from America was carried out to assess the nurses' preparedness against bioterrorism and determined that most participants did not have enough knowledge to respond in these situations.…”