Nurses’ COVID-19 fears and patient safety attitudes in the pandemic

• Authors: Sevda Efil , Sevda Turen , Elif Demir

Abstracts

EN

Introduction and aim. The fear experienced by nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic may threaten patient safety. This study was conducted with the aim of examining nurses’ COVID-19 fears and attitudes to patient safety in the pandemic. Material and methods. The research had a descriptive and cross-sectional design. The research sample consisted of 245 nurses working at a teaching and research hospital in Istanbul, Turkey’s most populous province. Research data were collected in June–July 2021. A Nurse Characteristics Form, the Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S) and the Patient Safety Attitude Questionnaire were used to collect data. The data evaluation was performed using descriptive statistics, Student t test, one-way variance (ANOVA), and Pearson correlation analysis. Results. The nurses’ mean score for fear of COVID-19 was 16.67±6.88, and their mean score for patient safety attitude was 141.70±27.78. Their COVID-19 fear levels and mean patient safety attitude scores were found to differ according to their intention to leave the job, their education on COVID-19 and their age. Conclusion. Nurses’ experiencing of physical, social and psychological problems relating to the COVID-19 pandemic should be followed up in the long term.

Keywords

EN

COVID-19; nurses; patient safety

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Rzeszowski. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego
• Journal: European Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine
• Year: 2023
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 19-26

Dates

published

2023

Contributors

author

Sevda Efil

• Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Canakkale, Turkey

• https://orcid.org/0000000249883743

author

Sevda Turen

• Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Istanbul Kültür University, Istanbul, Turkey

• https://orcid.org/0000000311235879

author

Elif Demir

• Cardiology Department, Istanbul Mehmet Akif Ersoy Thoracic And Cardiovascular Surgery Training Research Hospital, Health Sciences University, Istanbul, Turkey

• https://orcid.org/0000000316713147

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15584/ejcem.2023.1.3

Biblioteka Nauki

2208175