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Nurses' competencies in providing care to COVID-19 patient: survey of Jordanian nurses.
- Source :
- Working with Older People: Community Care Policy & Practice; 2024, Vol. 28 Issue 2, p197-209, 13p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to assess the level of nurses' competencies while providing care to COVID-19 patients. Design/methodology/approach: A descriptive, correlational design was used to collect data from nurses who were providing care to COVID-19 patients at four public hospitals. Findings: A total of 377 nurses (64.5% females) aged 23–50 consented to participate and completed the survey. The mean score of nurses' competencies in providing care to COVID-19 patients was 2.5 (SD = 0.81). The results of correlation coefficient tests disclosed a significant positive correlation between reported competence level and sex r<subscript>pb</subscript> (377) = 0.18, p < 0.01; working area r<subscript>pb</subscript> (377) = 0.2, p < 0.01; disaster experience r<subscript>pb</subscript> (377) = 0.16, p < 0.01; disaster education r<subscript>pb</subscript> (377) = 0.25, p < 0.01; and disaster training r<subscript>pb</subscript> (377) = 0.31, p < 0.01. Research limitations/implications: The COVID-19 pandemic response heavily relied on nurses. However, they had a gap in clinical competencies that indicates an urgent need to incorporate disaster management courses in basic nursing education and to update training in hospitals based on nurses' needs to improve their capabilities in dealing with COVID-19 pandemic. Originality/value: To the best of the authors' knowledge, this is the first study that investigated the perceived level of Jordanian nurses' competencies in providing care to COVID-19. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- STATISTICAL correlation
PUBLIC hospitals
WORK
PEARSON correlation (Statistics)
PSYCHIATRIC treatment
DATA analysis
HOSPITAL nursing staff
QUESTIONNAIRES
NURSING
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
CLINICAL competence
RESEARCH methodology
RESEARCH
STATISTICS
NATIONAL competency-based educational tests
DATA analysis software
COVID-19
EXPERIENTIAL learning
EMERGENCY management
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13663666
- Volume :
- 28
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Working with Older People: Community Care Policy & Practice
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 176906946
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1108/WWOP-04-2023-0012