Perspectives of nurses on preparedness for combating COVID-19 crisis in Ghana: A qualitative inquiry

Background: COVID-19 has impacted negatively on people physically, psychologically, spiritually, and socioeconomically worldwide. Nurses’ ability to prepare towards case management is imperative because the potential of one coming across the virus at the hospital is inevitable. This study intended t...

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Autores principales:	Merri Iddrisu, Joyce B.P. Pwavra, Lillian A. Ohene, Mary Ani-Amponsah, Abigail Ansere Buertey, Lydia Aziato
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Publicado:	Elsevier 2021
Materias:	History of Africa DT1-3415 Nursing RT1-120
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:7d26033b82df49309defa15d11e347412021-12-04T04:34:15ZPerspectives of nurses on preparedness for combating COVID-19 crisis in Ghana: A qualitative inquiry2214-139110.1016/j.ijans.2021.100382https://doaj.org/article/7d26033b82df49309defa15d11e347412021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214139121001050https://doaj.org/toc/2214-1391Background: COVID-19 has impacted negatively on people physically, psychologically, spiritually, and socioeconomically worldwide. Nurses’ ability to prepare towards case management is imperative because the potential of one coming across the virus at the hospital is inevitable. This study intended to explore and describe nurses’ perspectives on preparation towards fighting COVID 19 in Ghana. Methods: A qualitative exploratory descriptive design was adopted. Nine major health facilities designated for COVID-19 treatment centres in four regions in Ghana were involved in the study. A semi structured interview guide was used to interview twenty-nine nurses via telephone based on data saturation. Ethics approval was obtained from the Ethics Review Committee of the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Ghana. Result: data yielded two major themes and four subthemes. The two main themes were 1. Health facilities’ preparation of nurses towards COVID-19, with its subthemes; targeted training, and selection of experienced staff. 2. Nurses’ individual preparedness towards COVID-19 with the subthemes; information sourcing and sharing. Nurses in Ghana prepared for combating COVID-19 by going through training on infection prevention and control, and case management using demonstrations and simulations. Experienced nurses in Ghana volunteered to be at the frontline managing cases. Continuous updates on the virus and its management through information tracking sharing played a key role. Conclusion: Nurses in Ghana need to have more specialty training targeted at diseases of public health importance. Key words: Nurse; preparedness; covid-19.Merri IddrisuJoyce B.P. PwavraLillian A. OheneMary Ani-AmponsahAbigail Ansere BuerteyLydia AziatoElsevierarticleHistory of AfricaDT1-3415NursingRT1-120ENInternational Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences, Vol 15, Iss , Pp 100382- (2021)
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spellingShingle	History of Africa DT1-3415 Nursing RT1-120 Merri Iddrisu Joyce B.P. Pwavra Lillian A. Ohene Mary Ani-Amponsah Abigail Ansere Buertey Lydia Aziato Perspectives of nurses on preparedness for combating COVID-19 crisis in Ghana: A qualitative inquiry
description	Background: COVID-19 has impacted negatively on people physically, psychologically, spiritually, and socioeconomically worldwide. Nurses’ ability to prepare towards case management is imperative because the potential of one coming across the virus at the hospital is inevitable. This study intended to explore and describe nurses’ perspectives on preparation towards fighting COVID 19 in Ghana. Methods: A qualitative exploratory descriptive design was adopted. Nine major health facilities designated for COVID-19 treatment centres in four regions in Ghana were involved in the study. A semi structured interview guide was used to interview twenty-nine nurses via telephone based on data saturation. Ethics approval was obtained from the Ethics Review Committee of the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Ghana. Result: data yielded two major themes and four subthemes. The two main themes were 1. Health facilities’ preparation of nurses towards COVID-19, with its subthemes; targeted training, and selection of experienced staff. 2. Nurses’ individual preparedness towards COVID-19 with the subthemes; information sourcing and sharing. Nurses in Ghana prepared for combating COVID-19 by going through training on infection prevention and control, and case management using demonstrations and simulations. Experienced nurses in Ghana volunteered to be at the frontline managing cases. Continuous updates on the virus and its management through information tracking sharing played a key role. Conclusion: Nurses in Ghana need to have more specialty training targeted at diseases of public health importance. Key words: Nurse; preparedness; covid-19.
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author	Merri Iddrisu Joyce B.P. Pwavra Lillian A. Ohene Mary Ani-Amponsah Abigail Ansere Buertey Lydia Aziato
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title	Perspectives of nurses on preparedness for combating COVID-19 crisis in Ghana: A qualitative inquiry
title_short	Perspectives of nurses on preparedness for combating COVID-19 crisis in Ghana: A qualitative inquiry
title_full	Perspectives of nurses on preparedness for combating COVID-19 crisis in Ghana: A qualitative inquiry
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publisher	Elsevier
publishDate	2021
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Perspectives of nurses on preparedness for combating COVID-19 crisis in Ghana: A qualitative inquiry

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