Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Nurses in the Tamale Metropolis Towards Coronavirus Prevention

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Autores principales: Buertey, Abigail Ansere, Sadick, Fakihatu, Ayamba, Anthony, Nuhu, Salifu, Abdul-Rahaman, Asmawu, Imoro, Mohammed Amin
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Publicado: Zenodo 2020
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author Buertey, Abigail Ansere
Sadick, Fakihatu
Ayamba, Anthony
Nuhu, Salifu
Abdul-Rahaman, Asmawu
Imoro, Mohammed Amin
author_facet Buertey, Abigail Ansere
Sadick, Fakihatu
Ayamba, Anthony
Nuhu, Salifu
Abdul-Rahaman, Asmawu
Imoro, Mohammed Amin
contents <p>The coronavirus pandemic that engulfed the world continues to bring health care facilities and personnel including nurses to their knees. Both human and material resources are overburdened, cost of personal protective equipment have soar up amidst high demand. Nevertheless, nurses continue to play the frontline role to aid in dealing with the pandemic. This exposes them to contracting the virus therefore making it essential for nurses to acquaint themselves with high level of knowledge and prevention practices to stay safe to continue to render care to patients. The study explored the nurses’ knowledge, attitude and practices towards coronavirus prevention. A quantitative descriptive study design was adopted for the work to gather data on knowledge, attitude and practices. Data was collected from 196 nurses/midwives using a self-administered questionnaire. The data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics and results presented in the form of frequency tables and percentages and figures. The attitude of the nurses/midwives can generally be considered to be good with good prevention practices that can be associated with their educational qualification, working experience and motivational levels. It can be concluded that the nurses and midwives had adequate knowledge regarding coronavirus (SARS-CoV 2).</p>
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spellingShingle Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Nurses in the Tamale Metropolis Towards Coronavirus Prevention
Buertey, Abigail Ansere
Sadick, Fakihatu
Ayamba, Anthony
Nuhu, Salifu
Abdul-Rahaman, Asmawu
Imoro, Mohammed Amin
<p>The coronavirus pandemic that engulfed the world continues to bring health care facilities and personnel including nurses to their knees. Both human and material resources are overburdened, cost of personal protective equipment have soar up amidst high demand. Nevertheless, nurses continue to play the frontline role to aid in dealing with the pandemic. This exposes them to contracting the virus therefore making it essential for nurses to acquaint themselves with high level of knowledge and prevention practices to stay safe to continue to render care to patients. The study explored the nurses’ knowledge, attitude and practices towards coronavirus prevention. A quantitative descriptive study design was adopted for the work to gather data on knowledge, attitude and practices. Data was collected from 196 nurses/midwives using a self-administered questionnaire. The data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics and results presented in the form of frequency tables and percentages and figures. The attitude of the nurses/midwives can generally be considered to be good with good prevention practices that can be associated with their educational qualification, working experience and motivational levels. It can be concluded that the nurses and midwives had adequate knowledge regarding coronavirus (SARS-CoV 2).</p>
title Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Nurses in the Tamale Metropolis Towards Coronavirus Prevention
url https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15697373