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Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious illness caused by a newly discovered coronavirus now called severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-COV-2), the COVID-19 pandemic remains a worldwide
challenge. In spite of extreme study efforts globally, effective treatment has eluded the investigators. Thus, the strategies like infection prevention protocols, early viral detection, and identification of effective treatment could offer significant tools in controlling the spread of this disease
Nurses are the largest healthcare profession in the
world, with approximately 20 million nurses worldwide. Nurses should have awareness and knowledge of the disease and infection control measures to prevent spread. However, empirical data reports COVID-19 is challenging to nurses due to the novelty of the disease, this lack of information,
training, and seminars to care for patients with the virus, and the psychological trauma resulting from patient deaths
Aim of the study:
This study aimed to assess maternity staff nurses’ knowledge and compliance for protective measures against coronavirus.
This aim was attained through:
1- Assessment of maternity staff nurses’ level of knowledge regarding coronavirus.
2- Evaluation of maternity staff nurses’ level of compliance for protective measures against coronavirus.
Research Questions:
1. What is the maternity staff nurses’ level of knowledge regarding coronavirus?
2. Do the maternity staff nurses have compliance for protective measures against coronavirus?
Subjects and Methods:
Were described under the following four designs technical, operational, administrative, and statistical.
Design: A descriptive study was utilized.
Setting: The study was conducted at the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department of three governmental hospitals in El- Fayoum governorate, (Fayoum General Hospital, university hospital, and Itsa Central Hospital) and three from total five Maternal child health centers in El- Fayoum city (El Sheikh Hassan, El Hadka, El Sad El Aaly).
Subjects:
Type and size of the sample: A purposive sample was used to recruit 76 maternity staff nurses according to the following criteria; Maternity staff nurses who did not receive any theoretical or practical training regarding coronavirus. Maternity staff nurses who had more than one year of experience in the previously mentioned setting
Tools: Two tools of data collection were used:
Tool I: Arabic structured interviewing questionnaire that was designed by the researcher after reviewing the current related literature. It was written in a simple Arabic language, it was divided into two parts and consisted of (19) questions of multiple-choice questions, as well as open and close-ended questions.
Part I: was designed to assess personal data such as age, level of education, place of work, and years of experience (4 questions).
Part II: was designed to assess maternity staff nurses’ level of knowledge regarding the coronavirus (15 questions)
Tool II: Maternity staff nurses’ Compliance for protective measures against coronavirus
It was modified by the researcher and used to evaluate the compliance of the nurses with protective measures against coronavirus. It contained 16 items.
The study results revealed the following:
The current study results revealed that the mean age of the study group was 35.38±9.77 years, the mean experience was 15.39±10.7 years and more than three-quarters of the nurses had diploma degree.
The current study finding showed that nearly three-quarters of maternity nurses had satisfactory knowledge of COVID-19 infection. Also, the results of the present study showed that all studied nurses had complete correct knowledge about symptoms of covid-19 and the availability of the vaccines. and, the majority of the studied nurses had complete correct knowledge about the mode of transmission and method of prevention.
Concerning Sources of information about the Coronavirus, more than three-quarters of the studied sample had information about coronavirus from mass media, more than half used social media and the internet, and only more than one-third from seniors and other colleagues.
Concerning the total score of compliance with protective measures, the present study results demonstrated that nearly two-thirds of the studied maternity nurses hadn’t compliance with protective measures against coronavirus.
In the current study, the majority of maternity nurses ”always” place waste contaminated with blood, body fluids, and secretion in red plastic bags irrespective of the patient’s infection status, and more than half wear the mask correctly, decontaminate surfaces and equipment after use and use soap and water to wash hands.