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Perceptions of emergency nurses during the human swine influenza outbreak: A qualitative study

INTRODUCTION: The primary aim of this study was to explore the perception of Hong Kong emergency nurses regarding their work during the human swine influenza pandemic outbreak. METHODS: In this exploratory, qualitative study, 10 emergency nurses from a regional hospital in Hong Kong were recruited u...

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Autores principales: Lam, Kam Ki, Hung, Shuk Yu Maria
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Ltd. 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7118452/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23142054
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ienj.2012.08.008
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description INTRODUCTION: The primary aim of this study was to explore the perception of Hong Kong emergency nurses regarding their work during the human swine influenza pandemic outbreak. METHODS: In this exploratory, qualitative study, 10 emergency nurses from a regional hospital in Hong Kong were recruited using purposive sampling. Semi-structured, face-to-face individual interviews were conducted. Qualitative content analysis was utilized to analyze the transcripts. RESULTS: The three following categories emerged from the interview data: concerns about health, comments on the administration, and attitudes of professionalism. Nurses viewed the human swine influenza as a threat to their personal and families’ health. However, nurses perceived that the severity of the disease was exaggerated by the public. Improvements in planning the circulation of information, allocation of manpower, and utilization of personal protective equipment were indicated. The emergency nurses demonstrated a sense of commitment and professional morale in promoting a high quality of nursing care. DISCUSSION: Various factors affecting the perceptions of emergency nurses toward their professional duties during the influenza pandemic were identified. By understanding these perceptions, appropriate planning, policies, and guidelines can be formulated to meet the healthcare needs of patients during future pandemic outbreaks.
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spelling pubmed-71184522020-04-03 Perceptions of emergency nurses during the human swine influenza outbreak: A qualitative study Lam, Kam Ki Hung, Shuk Yu Maria Int Emerg Nurs Article INTRODUCTION: The primary aim of this study was to explore the perception of Hong Kong emergency nurses regarding their work during the human swine influenza pandemic outbreak. METHODS: In this exploratory, qualitative study, 10 emergency nurses from a regional hospital in Hong Kong were recruited using purposive sampling. Semi-structured, face-to-face individual interviews were conducted. Qualitative content analysis was utilized to analyze the transcripts. RESULTS: The three following categories emerged from the interview data: concerns about health, comments on the administration, and attitudes of professionalism. Nurses viewed the human swine influenza as a threat to their personal and families’ health. However, nurses perceived that the severity of the disease was exaggerated by the public. Improvements in planning the circulation of information, allocation of manpower, and utilization of personal protective equipment were indicated. The emergency nurses demonstrated a sense of commitment and professional morale in promoting a high quality of nursing care. DISCUSSION: Various factors affecting the perceptions of emergency nurses toward their professional duties during the influenza pandemic were identified. By understanding these perceptions, appropriate planning, policies, and guidelines can be formulated to meet the healthcare needs of patients during future pandemic outbreaks. Elsevier Ltd. 2013-10 2020-10-01 /pmc/articles/PMC7118452/ /pubmed/23142054 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ienj.2012.08.008 Text en Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Since January 2020 Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus COVID-19. The COVID-19 resource centre is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company's public news and information website. Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its COVID-19-related research that is available on the COVID-19 resource centre - including this research content - immediately available in PubMed Central and other publicly funded repositories, such as the WHO COVID database with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the COVID-19 resource centre remains active.
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23142054
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ienj.2012.08.008
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