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Nurses' preparedness, readiness, and anxiety in managing COVID-19 pandemic

Nurses’ preparedness has been very important for them to treat patients effectively during the COVID-19 pandemic and serve the community. Nurses provide a vital role in mitigating the effects of health crises. In order to help nurses better understand their skills, abilities, and knowledge, as well...

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Main Authors: Chua, Bee Seok, Getrude Cosmas, Norkiah Arsat
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Language:English
Published: SAGE Publications 2021
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RA643-645 Disease (Communicable and noninfectious) and public health
Online Access:https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/30305/1/Nurses%27%20preparedness%2C%20readiness%2C%20and%20anxiety%20in%20managing%20COVID-19%20pandemic%20ABSTRACT.pdf
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/30305/
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/10105395211012170
https://doi.org/10.1177%2F10105395211012170
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spelling my.ums.eprints.303052021-09-20T03:40:18Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/30305/ Nurses' preparedness, readiness, and anxiety in managing COVID-19 pandemic Chua, Bee Seok Getrude Cosmas Norkiah Arsat RA643-645 Disease (Communicable and noninfectious) and public health Nurses’ preparedness has been very important for them to treat patients effectively during the COVID-19 pandemic and serve the community. Nurses provide a vital role in mitigating the effects of health crises. In order to help nurses better understand their skills, abilities, and knowledge, as well as the actions that they should take to manage care, the research aims of this study are to (1) investigate the level of preparedness, readiness, and anxiety among nurses during the COVID-19 outbreak in Sabah, Malaysia; (2) examine the effects of various differences in preparedness and readiness among nurses; and (3) examine the effect of COVID-19 preparedness on anxiety among nurses. The results revealed that the nurses were moderately competent in managing the COVID-19 care situation. Each of the 3 differentiating characteristics (age, work experience, and previous disaster experience) did not predict how nurses would manage COVID-19 preparedness significantly. Besides, we also found only 2 dimensions of preparedness (familiarity with epidemiology and surveillance and familiarity with psychological issues) significantly predicted nurses’ anxiety levels. Familiarity with epidemiology and surveillance predicted nurses’ anxiety positively; in contrast, familiarity with psychological issues negatively influenced nurses’ anxiety. SAGE Publications 2021 Article PeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/30305/1/Nurses%27%20preparedness%2C%20readiness%2C%20and%20anxiety%20in%20managing%20COVID-19%20pandemic%20ABSTRACT.pdf Chua, Bee Seok and Getrude Cosmas and Norkiah Arsat (2021) Nurses' preparedness, readiness, and anxiety in managing COVID-19 pandemic. Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health. ISSN 1941-2479 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/10105395211012170 https://doi.org/10.1177%2F10105395211012170
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topic RA643-645 Disease (Communicable and noninfectious) and public health
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Chua, Bee Seok
Getrude Cosmas
Norkiah Arsat
Nurses' preparedness, readiness, and anxiety in managing COVID-19 pandemic
description Nurses’ preparedness has been very important for them to treat patients effectively during the COVID-19 pandemic and serve the community. Nurses provide a vital role in mitigating the effects of health crises. In order to help nurses better understand their skills, abilities, and knowledge, as well as the actions that they should take to manage care, the research aims of this study are to (1) investigate the level of preparedness, readiness, and anxiety among nurses during the COVID-19 outbreak in Sabah, Malaysia; (2) examine the effects of various differences in preparedness and readiness among nurses; and (3) examine the effect of COVID-19 preparedness on anxiety among nurses. The results revealed that the nurses were moderately competent in managing the COVID-19 care situation. Each of the 3 differentiating characteristics (age, work experience, and previous disaster experience) did not predict how nurses would manage COVID-19 preparedness significantly. Besides, we also found only 2 dimensions of preparedness (familiarity with epidemiology and surveillance and familiarity with psychological issues) significantly predicted nurses’ anxiety levels. Familiarity with epidemiology and surveillance predicted nurses’ anxiety positively; in contrast, familiarity with psychological issues negatively influenced nurses’ anxiety.
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author Chua, Bee Seok
Getrude Cosmas
Norkiah Arsat
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Getrude Cosmas
Norkiah Arsat
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title Nurses' preparedness, readiness, and anxiety in managing COVID-19 pandemic
title_short Nurses' preparedness, readiness, and anxiety in managing COVID-19 pandemic
title_full Nurses' preparedness, readiness, and anxiety in managing COVID-19 pandemic
title_fullStr Nurses' preparedness, readiness, and anxiety in managing COVID-19 pandemic
title_full_unstemmed Nurses' preparedness, readiness, and anxiety in managing COVID-19 pandemic
title_sort nurses' preparedness, readiness, and anxiety in managing covid-19 pandemic
publisher SAGE Publications
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url https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/30305/1/Nurses%27%20preparedness%2C%20readiness%2C%20and%20anxiety%20in%20managing%20COVID-19%20pandemic%20ABSTRACT.pdf
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/30305/
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/10105395211012170
https://doi.org/10.1177%2F10105395211012170
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