Nurses' preparedness and response to COVID-19

Abstract

Introduction Coronavirus disease is the most striking pandemic across the world that every country is addressing and talking about it now. Nurses deliver the highest level of functioning in the health care team. Nurses need to understand the COVID-19 preparedness and response process. Therefore, it becomes very important to assess a nurse's knowledge of preparedness and response to Corona Virus Disease (Covid-19). Methods The research approach was quantitative in nature by using the descriptive cross-sectional survey among nurses working under MOH Hospitals in Najran region, KSA. The sample participated in the survey was 594 and the tool used for the study was a modified questionnaire on Nurse's preparedness and response to COVID-19. The questionnaire contained five parts and the first part included basic information of the nurses and the second part was composed of yes or no questions assessing the nurse's Knowledge on COVID-19 preparedness and the third part composed of facility and response readiness to triage screening and the fourth part consist of nurses preparedness and readiness on COVID and fifth part composed of nurse's preparedness and readiness on peroneal protective equipment's and the study was approved by Institutional Review Board (IRB). Data was presented by using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results Our study results found that overall knowledge of COVID preparedness was adequate. However, the nurse's preparedness on personal protective equipment was moderate. Majority of respondents were Registered Nurses 587(98.9%)and most of the respondents were employed by the Ministry of Health 586(98.7%)and the nurse's knowledge of preparedness was 456(76.8%) and the facilities preparedness and response readiness was 549(92.4) and adequate supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) 519(87. 3%). Conclusion The findings of the study exhibit that nurses have an adequate level of knowledge towards the preparedness and response to coronavirus diseases.

Determinants of Preparedness Management and Nurses’ Response to COVID-19 Prevention Measures at a Government-Owned General Hospital in Indonesia

“…5 The American Nurses Association continues its strategic support to control and prevent further spread while securing nurses on health care teams and communities. 11 Preparedness includes early identification and notification. Nurses need the necessary protection, including quality PPE for protection and the provision of quality care for COVID-19 patients.…”

Validity and Reliability of the Nurse Preparedness Questionnaire in Facing Emerging Infectious Diseases

“…The tool is conducting from a literature review about WHO COVID-19 preparedness questionnaire. The original version WHO COVID-19 preparedness questionnaire consists of 34 items (Mubarak Al Baalharith & Mary Pappiya, 2021). This study followed the instrument development guidelines presented by Tafforeau (2005), including 4 step of translation; 1) forward translation of questionnaire from English to Bahasa; 2) Independent review; 3) Committee adjudication; 4) Back translation (controversial according to current literature).…”

“…WHO emphasizes the use of hospital readiness checklists for EID to improve prevention and management among health care professionals. Therefore the preparedness component is very important for frontline nurses (Mubarak Al Baalharith & Mary Pappiya, 2021).…”

Readiness of nurses working in COVID-19 pandemic

“…Nurses' readiness to work during the COVID-19 pandemic is influenced by internal and external factors. Internal factors that can affect nurses who work during the COVID-19 pandemic are fear, worry, and stress (Chen et al, 2021;García-Martín et al, 2021), Feeling Ready (El-Monshed et al, 2021, Achievements, Interests (Tamsuri, 2021), Physical Condition, Mental (Intening et al, 2021;Tamsuri, 2021), Knowledge about COVID-19 (Gazi & Akhi, 2020;Mubarak Al Baalharith & Mary Pappiya, 2021), Attitude (Gazi & Akhi, 2020), and Commitment to work (Chen et al, 2021). Meanwhile, external factors that affect the readiness of nurses to work during the COVID-19 pandemic are organizational problems, support for treating patients, especially COVID-19 patients (García-Martín et al, 2021), Official information from the government side, the nature of the virus (El-Monshed et al, 2021), Documented contingency plan, collaborative decision making, ward design (Ryder et al, 2022), Nurse clinical skills (Chen et al, 2021;Ryder et al, 2022), PPE readiness and PPE standards (Intening et al, 2021;Mubarak Al Baalharith & Mary Pappiya, 2021).…”