Educational Needs of Nurses for Respiratory Communicable Infectious Disease Care: A Cross-Sectional Descriptive Study
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Location and Participant
2.2. Instruments
2.3. Data Collection
2.4. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Analysis of Training Needs and Priority of Training among Participants with Prior COVID-19 Patient Care Experience
3.2. Analysis of Training Needs and Priority of Training among Participants without Prior Experience in COVID-19 Patient Care
4. Discussion
5. Limitations
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Characteristic | Category | Participants with Prior Experience in COVID-19 Patient Care (n = 219) | Participants without Prior Experience in COVID-19 Patient Care (n = 153) |
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n (%) | n (%) | ||
Gender | Man | 13(5.9) | 19(12.4) |
Woman | 206(94.1) | 134(87.6) | |
Age (years) | <30 | 88(40.2) | 82(53.6) |
≥30 | 131(59.8) | 71(46.4) | |
Marital status | Married | 111(50.7) | 50(32.7) |
Single and other | 108(49.3) | 103(67.3) | |
Education | Associate’s degree | 47(21.5) | 31(20.3) |
Bachelor’s degree | 157(71.7) | 112(73.2) | |
Graduate school or higher | 15(6.8) | 10(6.5) | |
Total clinical period (month) | <36 | 41(18.7) | 48(31.4) |
36–60 | 30(13.7) | 26(17.0) | |
>60 | 148(67.6) | 79(51.6) | |
The current department period (month) | <36 | 117(53.4) | 85(55.6) |
≥36 | 102(46.4) | 68(44.4) | |
Work department | General ward | 159(72.6) | 99(64.7) |
Special ward | 60(27.4) | 54(35.3) | |
Number of infection control education | 1 | 60(27.4) | 38(24.8) |
2 | 48(21.9) | 33(21.6) | |
3 or more times | 111(50.7) | 82(53.6) | |
Education hours (min per session) | Less than 30 | 89(40.6) | 55(35.9) |
30–60 | 22(10.0) | 23(15.0) | |
More than 60 | 108(49.3) | 75(49.0) | |
Main learning methods | Lecture | 44(20.1) | 34(22.2) |
Online education | 23(10.5) | 19(12.4) | |
Clinical training | 131(59.8) | 72(47.1) | |
Other | 21(9.6) | 28(18.3) | |
Effective learning methods | Lecture | 28(12.8) | 29(19.0) |
Audiovisual education | 46(21.0) | 33(21.6) | |
Lecture and training | 131(59.8) | 78(51.0) | |
Online education and others | 14(6.4) | 13(8.5) |
Contents | Importance | Confidence | Difference | t | p-Value | Borich Priority | Rank | The Locus for Focus Model |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M ± SD | M ± SD | M ± SD | ||||||
Initial response to communicable respiratory infection | 4.75 ± 0.51 | 3.96 ± 0.80 | 0.79 ± 0.86 | 13.46 | <0.001 | 3.75 | 1 | 1st quadrant (HH) |
Management of aerosol-generating procedures in patients with communicable respiratory infection | 4.61 ± 0.57 | 3.83 ± 0.90 | 0.77 ± 0.91 | 12.57 | <0.001 | 3.58 | 2 | 2nd quadrant (LH) |
Reporting of patients with communicable respiratory infection and death of patient | 4.5 ± 0.68 | 3.82 ± 0.93 | 0.67 ± 0.98 | 10.19 | <0.001 | 3.04 | 3 | 2nd quadrant (LH) |
Characteristics of communicable respiratory infections | 4.80 ± 3.45 | 3.97 ± 0.77 | 0.82 ± 0.49 | 3.50 | 0.001 | 2.82 | 4 | 1st quadrant (HH) |
Comunicable respiratory infection patients, nurse and medical staff movements (including admission to other hospitals and intensive care units, admission to isolation rooms, and check-out) | 4.64 ± 0.56 | 4.04 ± 0.80 | 0.59 ± 0.86 | 10.24 | <0.001 | 2.78 | 5 | 3rd quadrant (LL) |
Guidelines for attention to patients with communicable respiratory infection | 4.71 ± 0.49 | 4.13 ± 0.75 | 0.57 ± 0.72 | 11.80 | <0.001 | 2.71 | 6 | 4th quadrant (HL) |
Criteria for the confirmation and releasing patients from isolation with communicable respiratory infection | 4.66 ± 0.58 | 4.08 ± 0.83 | 0.57 ± 0.83 | 10.21 | <0.001 | 2.68 | 7 | 4th quadrant (HL) |
Methods for assigning and operating isolation rooms for patients with communicable respiratory infection (including hospitalization rules) | 4.61 ± 0.61 | 4.05 ± 0.80 | 0.55 ± 0.87 | 9.44 | <0.001 | 2.57 | 8 | 3rd quadrant (LL) |
Testing and management of patients with communicable respiratory infection | 4.64 ± 0.55 | 4.12 ± 0.79 | 0.53 ± 0.78 | 9.97 | <0.001 | 2.46 | 9 | 3rd quadrant (LL) |
Recommended range and application of personal protective equipment | 4.74 ± 0.49 | 4.24 ± 0.72 | 0.49 ± 0.71 | 10.33 | <0.001 | 2.36 | 10 | 4th quadrant (HL) |
Disinfection policy for equipment and sickroom environment (including disinfection of sickroom after discharge, laundry management, and medical waste management) | 4.63 ± 0.62 | 4.16 ± 0.73 | 0.47 ± 0.82 | 8.65 | <0.001 | 2.22 | 11 | 3rd quadrant (LL) |
Management of family members, visitors, and caregivers when patients with communicable respiratory infection are hospitalized | 4.59 ± 0.59 | 4.17 ± 0.78 | 0.42 ± 0.77 | 8.09 | <0.001 | 1.95 | 12 | 3rd quadrant (LL) |
Contents | Importance | Confidence | Difference | t | p-Value | Borich Priority | Rank | The Locus for Focus Model |
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M ± SD | M ± SD | M ± SD | ||||||
Management of aerosol-generating procedures in patients with communicable respiratory infection | 4.52 ± 0.66 | 3.39 ± 0.94 | 1.12 ± 1.05 | 13.69 | <0.001 | 5.04 | 1 | 2nd quadrant (LH) |
Initial response to communicable respiratory infection | 4.70 ± 0.52 | 3.74 ± 0.79 | 0.96 ± 0.88 | 13.50 | <0.001 | 4.49 | 2 | 2nd quadrant (LH) |
Reporting of patients with communicable respiratory infection and death of patient | 4.55 ± 0.64 | 3.59 ± 0.92 | 0.96 ± 0.92 | 11.59 | <0.001 | 4.34 | 3 | 2nd quadrant (LH) |
Comunicable respiratory infection patients, nurse and medical staff movements (including admission to other hospitals and intensive care units, admission to isolation rooms, and check-out) | 4.61 ± 0.52 | 3.74 ± 0.87 | 0.87 ± 0.91 | 11.86 | <0.001 | 4.02 | 4 | 2nd quadrant (LH) |
Testing and management of patients with communicable respiratory infection | 4.67 ± 0.52 | 3.80 ± 0.85 | 0.86 ± 0.93 | 11.44 | <0.001 | 4.00 | 5 | 1st quadrant (HH) |
Disinfection policy for equipment and sickroom environment (including disinfection of sickroom after discharge, laundry management, and medical waste management) | 4.66 ± 0.57 | 3.82 ± 0.83 | 0.83 ± 0.96 | 10.74 | <0.001 | 3.87 | 6 | 4th quadrant (HL) |
Methods for assigning and operating isolation rooms for patients with communicable respiratory infection (including hospitalization rules) | 4.60 ± 0.56 | 3.77 ± 0.87 | 0.83 ± 0.93 | 10.95 | <0.001 | 3.79 | 7 | 3rd quadrant (LL) |
Criteria for the confirmation and releasing patients from isolation with communicable respiratory infection | 4.63 ± 0.55 | 3.82 ± 0.82 | 0.81 ± 0.91 | 11.06 | <0.001 | 3.76 | 8 | 4th quadrant (HL) |
Recommended range and application of personal protective equipment | 4.74 ± 0.48 | 3.95 ± 0.84 | 0.79 ± 0.87 | 11.13 | <0.001 | 3.72 | 9 | 4th quadrant (HL) |
Management of family members, visitors, and caregivers when patients with communicable respiratory infection are hospitalized | 4.69 ± 0.51 | 3.92 ± 0.80 | 0.76 ± 0.89 | 10.57 | <0.001 | 3.56 | 10 | 4th quadrant (HL) |
Guidelines for attention to patients with communicable respiratory infection | 4.68 ± 0.52 | 3.92 ± 0.77 | 0.75 ± 0.81 | 11.55 | <0.001 | 3.52 | 11 | 4th quadrant (HL) |
Characteristics of communicable respiratory infections | 4.52 ± 0.55 | 3.79 ± 0.77 | 0.73 ± 0.72 | 12.48 | <0.001 | 3.29 | 12 | 4th quadrant (HL) |
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Han J-W, Kang J-S, Park J-H. Educational Needs of Nurses for Respiratory Communicable Infectious Disease Care: A Cross-Sectional Descriptive Study. Healthcare. 2021; 9(8):1043. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9081043
Chicago/Turabian StyleHan, Jeong-Won, Ji-Soon Kang, and Jun-Hee Park. 2021. "Educational Needs of Nurses for Respiratory Communicable Infectious Disease Care: A Cross-Sectional Descriptive Study" Healthcare 9, no. 8: 1043. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9081043