Department of Neurology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
West China School of Nursing, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Int Nurs Rev. 2021 Dec;68(4):524-532. doi: 10.1111/inr.12692. Epub 2021 May 27.
To investigate nurses' core emergency competencies for handling the coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) and analyse the factors associated with those competencies.
COVID-19 has become a major global public health event. Nursing staff have played an important role in COVID-19 prevention and control. Understanding their emergency competencies for handling COVID-19, and the potential disadvantages will help governments to develop targeted training policies and improve nurses' capacities in relation to pandemics and emergency preparedness.
COVID-19 is a disastrous infectious disease, but the competencies of nurses in China to handle COVID-19 have not been well documented.
We conducted a cross-sectional survey on nurses from 22 provinces of China in February 2020. The scores of self-report questionnaires were used to analyse their competencies for core emergency care, and linear regression analysis was used to explore influential factors.
A total of 2570 nurses participated. The study revealed that nurses had a good grasp of COVID-19 knowledge, but the majority of nurses lacked experience in isolation ward work and emergency training. We found that age, professional title, work department, major work content, total work time, disaster rescue history, emergency training and infectious disease training were associated with core emergency competencies.
Chinese nurses were qualified for handling COVID-19 but still need to strengthen the accumulation of practical experience.
Nurses should actively participate in emergencies to strengthen their operational capacity, whether in training or actual practice.
IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING/HEALTH POLICY: Managers should improve relevant policies to ensure that nurses have more opportunities to participate in the practical training of health emergencies and explore effective training methods to improve the ability of nurses to respond to these.
调查护士应对新型冠状病毒病(COVID-19)的核心应急能力,并分析与这些能力相关的因素。
COVID-19 已成为重大全球公共卫生事件。护理人员在 COVID-19 的预防和控制中发挥了重要作用。了解他们应对 COVID-19 的应急能力,以及潜在的劣势,将有助于政府制定有针对性的培训政策,并提高护士应对大流行和应急准备的能力。
COVID-19 是一种灾难性的传染病,但中国护士应对 COVID-19 的能力尚未得到很好的记录。
我们于 2020 年 2 月对中国 22 个省的护士进行了横断面调查。采用自报问卷评分法分析其核心急救能力,并采用线性回归分析探讨影响因素。
共 2570 名护士参与。研究表明,护士对 COVID-19 知识掌握较好,但大部分护士缺乏隔离病房工作和应急培训经验。我们发现年龄、职称、工作科室、主要工作内容、总工作时间、灾害救援史、应急培训和传染病培训与核心应急能力有关。
中国护士有能力应对 COVID-19,但仍需加强实践经验的积累。
护士应积极参与应急工作,加强操作能力,无论是在培训还是实际工作中。
对护理/卫生政策的影响:管理者应完善相关政策,确保护士有更多机会参与突发卫生事件的实际培训,并探索有效的培训方法,提高护士应对此类事件的能力。