Intention to response, emergency preparedness and intention to leave among nurses during COVID‐19

Abstract

In the past century, human beings had suffered several epidemic outbreaks of avian influenza, SARS, MERS and COVID-19, which posed a huge threat to human health (Reperant & Osterhaus, 2017;

Intention to Care for COVID-19 Patients Among Nurses Working at Health Care Institutions of Debre Tabor Town, North Central Ethiopia

“…This finding is in agreement with previous studies conducted in China and South Korea. 28 , 31 The possible reasons could be better experience in caring for infectious disease, the better to practice preventive practice with confidence, and increased if provided with adequate personal protective equipment. In Korea, almost half of nurses had exposure of caring infectious disease cases, and twenty-six percent had the experience of caring for severe acute respiratory syndrome infected patients.…”

“…This is supported by other findings from China and Japan. [26][27][28] This might be due to because of working experience increase the knowledge, and skill of nurses caring for patients. Moreover, professional experience increases job satisfaction.…”

“…This finding is in agreement with previous studies conducted in China and South Korea. 28,31 The possible reasons could be better experience in caring for infectious disease, the better to practice preventive practice with confidence, and increased if provided with adequate personal protective equipment.…”

Barriers and Facilitators of Nurses’ and Physicians’ Willingness to Work during a Respiratory Disease Outbreak: A Mixed-Methods Systematic Review

“…The included manuscripts were published between 2003 and 2021. As shown in Table 1 , studies were conducted in various countries, including Australia ( n = 4) [ 8 , 22 , 23 , 24 ], Bangladesh ( n = 1) [ 25 ], Canada ( n = 1) [ 26 ], China ( n = 7) [ 2 , 7 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 ], Georgia ( n = 1) [ 32 ], Hong Kong ( n = 1) [ 33 ], Nigeria ( n = 1) [ 34 ], Pakistan ( n = 1) [ 35 ], Philippines ( n = 1) [ 36 ], Qatar ( n = 1) [ 37 ], South Korea ( n = 2) [ 38 , 39 ], Taiwan ( n = 3) [ 4 , 40 , 41 ], Turkey ( n = 1) [ 42 ], USA ( n = 3) [ 5 , 43 , 44 ], and Yemen ( n = 1) [ 15 ]. Among the 29 studies reviewed, 19 studies included nurses only [ 4 , 5 , 8 , 22 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 33 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 , …”

“…Among the 29 studies reviewed, 19 studies included nurses only [ 4 , 5 , 8 , 22 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 33 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 ], 6 included physicians only [ 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 34 , 35 ], and 4 included both nurses and physicians [ 2 , 7 , 15 , 32 ]. A total of 19 studies were conducted during an outbreak or pandemic, such as the SARS outbreak ( n = 2) [ 4 , 41 ], the H1N1 influenza pandemic ( n = 3) [ 5 , 33 , 43 ], the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) outbreak ( n = 1) [ 39 ], and the COVID-19 pandemic ( n = 13) [ 2 , 7 , 8 , 25 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 42 ]. One study was conducted to evaluate the high possibility of an avian influenza (AI) outbreak [ 40 ].…”