KMID : 0388320100170040520
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Journal of Korean Academy of Fundamental Nursing 2010 Volume.17 No. 4 p.520 ~ p.530
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Nurses¡¯ Influenza A (H1N1) Infection Control Performance and Stress at Hub Hospitals in Honam Region
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Park Jin-Hee
Kang Jeong-Hee Kim Hyun-Ju
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Abstract
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Purpose: In this study influenza A (H1N1) infection control performance and stress in nurses were surveyed, to identify factors influencing stress for the nurses, and to provide basic materials for promoting infectious disease control by nurses.
Method: The participants were 447 nurses who had worked at isolation clinics and/or isolation rooms in hub hospitals in the Honam region during the period of the outbreak of 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus. Data were collected in February 2010 using self-report questionnaires.
Results: The performance of participants from clinics was high for ¡¯helping patients wearing masks¡¯, but low for ¡¯maintaining distance over 1 meter among waiting patients¡¯. The performance of participants from hospital rooms was high for ¡¯putting a surgical mask on a patient going out of the room¡¯, but low for ¡¯keeping patients¡¯ family out of the room¡¯. The participants¡¯ stress was higher in those younger and less experienced nurses, those working at a hospital with 500-999 beds, those working at both isolation clinics and rooms, and those working at a clinic longer.
Conclusion: In order to lower nurses¡¯ stress from working at isolation clinics/rooms for infectious diseases, we may need to deploy experienced nurses and limit their working days to five or less.
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KEYWORD
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Influenza, Infection Control, Performance, Stress
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