Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Regarding COVID-19 Management Among Emergency Nurses in Chengdu, the People’s Republic of China
Keywords:
COVID-19 management, Emergency nurses, Knowledge, Father’s attitude, PracticeAbstract
Emergency nurses play significant roles in COVID-19 management. Assessment of knowledge, attitudes, and practices among emergency nurses will provide basic information for enhancing the quality of COVID-19 management in emergency departments. This descriptive correlational research aimed to explore emergency nurses’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) regarding COVID-19 management and the relationships between them. The Knowledge-Attitude-Practice (KAP) Model (Schwartz, 1976) and the literature review were used as the study framework. The survey was conducted online with 308 emergency nurses working in hospitals in Chengdu, China. Research instruments included the Demographic Data Form and the KAP Questionnaire developed by the researchers based on the Chinese Infection Prevention and Control Technical Guide in Health Care Settings (third edition) and the literature review. Descriptive statistics and Pearson’s correlation were used for data analysis.
The findings revealed that the participants had a good level of knowledge ( = 16.30, SD = 1.53), positive attitudes ( = 3.57, SD = 0.40), and good practices of COVID-19 management (= 4.76, SD = 0.33). There were statistically significant weak positive correlations between knowledge and attitudes (r = 0.18, p < 0.01), and attitudes and practices (r = 0.33, p < 0.001). There was also a weak positive correlation between knowledge and practices (r = 0.11), but it was not statistically significant.
These findings could be used as basic information for further strengthening COVID-19 management among emergency nurses in China.
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