Fatima Aryan1, Muayyad Ahmad2. 1. School of Nursing, University of Jordan, Jordan. Electronic address: fat8190460@fisjo.onmicrosoft.com. 2. Clinical Nursing Department, School of Nursing, University of Jordan, Amman 11942, Jordan. Electronic address: mma4@ju.edu.jo.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: The goal of this study was to find out the level of knowledge and perception among the nurses in intensive care units (ICUs). METHODS: The study was set up in a cross-sectional design. During the COVID-19 pandemic, nurses completed a self-reporting questionnaire to assess their knowledge and perception of the pandemic. 182 ICU nurses were asked for information. We used statistical analyses that were both descriptive and inferential. RESULTS: There was a statistically significant link between nurses' knowledge and their years of experience (r = 0.15, p = .03), their experience with COVID-19 infection (r = 0.83, p = .01), and having a first-degree relative who had COVID-19 (r = 0.17, p = .02). Also, nurses knew a fair amount about COVID-19. There was a statistically significant link between how nurses felt and how they were trained to care for COVID-19 patients (r = 0.15, p = .034), nurses who had COVID-19 infection (r = 0.30, p = .001), and having a first-degree relative who had COVID-19 infection (r = 0.18, p = .014). CONCLUSION: The Jordanian nurses' understanding of COVID-19 disease is categorized as average because the majority of their responses ranged between 56 % and 86 %. The nurses' knowledge was related to their length of experience in the field, and their perceptions were related to how they had been trained to care for COVID-19 patients.
OBJECTIVES: The goal of this study was to find out the level of knowledge and perception among the nurses in intensive care units (ICUs). METHODS: The study was set up in a cross-sectional design. During the COVID-19 pandemic, nurses completed a self-reporting questionnaire to assess their knowledge and perception of the pandemic. 182 ICU nurses were asked for information. We used statistical analyses that were both descriptive and inferential. RESULTS: There was a statistically significant link between nurses' knowledge and their years of experience (r = 0.15, p = .03), their experience with COVID-19 infection (r = 0.83, p = .01), and having a first-degree relative who had COVID-19 (r = 0.17, p = .02). Also, nurses knew a fair amount about COVID-19. There was a statistically significant link between how nurses felt and how they were trained to care for COVID-19 patients (r = 0.15, p = .034), nurses who had COVID-19 infection (r = 0.30, p = .001), and having a first-degree relative who had COVID-19 infection (r = 0.18, p = .014). CONCLUSION: The Jordanian nurses' understanding of COVID-19 disease is categorized as average because the majority of their responses ranged between 56 % and 86 %. The nurses' knowledge was related to their length of experience in the field, and their perceptions were related to how they had been trained to care for COVID-19 patients.
Authors: Reem Al-Dossary; Majed Alamri; Hamdan Albaqawi; Khaled Al Hosis; Mohammed Aljeldah; Mohammed Aljohan; Khalid Aljohani; Noura Almadani; Bader Alrasheadi; Rawaih Falatah; Joseph Almazan Journal: Int J Environ Res Public Health Date: 2020-11-09 Impact factor: 3.390