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A cross-sectional study on public health nurses' disaster competencies and influencing factors during the COVID-19 pandemic in Korea.
Hong, Eunjoo; Jung, Aeri; Woo, Kyungmi.
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  • Hong E; College of Nursing, Seoul National University, 103 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
  • Jung A; College of Nursing, Eulji University, 712 Dongil-ro, Uijeongbu-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea.
  • Woo K; College of Nursing, Seoul National University, 103 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea. woo2020@snu.ac.kr.
BMC Public Health ; 22(1): 731, 2022 04 13.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35413863
ABSTRACT
Public health nurses are performing various roles during the COVID-19 pandemic counseling, surveillance, specimen collection, epidemiological investigation, education, and vaccination. This study investigated their disaster competencies in the context of emerging infectious diseases, and identified their influencing factors based on Deci and Ryan's self-determination theory. A convenience sample of 242 was selected from public health nurses working in a metropolitan city of South Korea. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire and analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson's correlation, and multiple regression analysis using the SPSS Statistics ver. 23.0. Results showed that the significant factors influencing disaster competencies included "willingness to respond to a disaster," "preventive behavior," "experience of receiving education on emerging infectious diseases response," "public health center experience," "job satisfaction," and "education." This regression model explained 33.2% of the variance in disaster competencies. "Willingness to respond to a disaster" was the strongest factor affecting disaster competencies. Based on these results, it is concluded that interventions to improve disaster competencies and psychological well-being of public health nurses are needed. Additionally, strategies such as creating a supportive work environment, deploying experienced nurses primarily on the front line, and reducing the tasks of permanent public health nurses should be implemented.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Enfermedades Transmisibles Emergentes / Planificación en Desastres / Enfermeras de Salud Pública / COVID-19 / Enfermeras y Enfermeros Tipo de estudio: Observational_studies / Prevalence_studies / Prognostic_studies / Qualitative_research / Risk_factors_studies Límite: Humans País/Región como asunto: Asia Idioma: En Revista: BMC Public Health Asunto de la revista: SAUDE PUBLICA Año: 2022 Tipo del documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Enfermedades Transmisibles Emergentes / Planificación en Desastres / Enfermeras de Salud Pública / COVID-19 / Enfermeras y Enfermeros Tipo de estudio: Observational_studies / Prevalence_studies / Prognostic_studies / Qualitative_research / Risk_factors_studies Límite: Humans País/Región como asunto: Asia Idioma: En Revista: BMC Public Health Asunto de la revista: SAUDE PUBLICA Año: 2022 Tipo del documento: Article