TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of a mobile-based bioterrorism response program among clinical nurses
T2 - A quasi-experimental study
AU - Chang, Mingi
AU - Kim, Yujeong
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2024/3
Y1 - 2024/3
N2 - Background: To respond to unstable international security and the outbreak of new infectious diseases, clinical nurses should be equipped with bioterrorism response competencies. Objectives: This study developed a mobile-based bioterrorism response program for clinical nurses and examined its effectiveness on their knowledge of bioterrorism, attitude toward bioterrorism response, and bioterrorism response competencies. Design: A quasi-experimental study design was used. Setting: General or tertiary general hospitals in South Korea were considered. Participants: Participants were 45 clinical nurses (23 in the experimental group and 22 in the control). Methods: The mobile-based bioterrorism response program was conducted over three weeks in 10 sessions (total of 300 min). The knowledge of bioterrorism, attitude toward bioterrorism response, and bioterrorism response competencies were compared between two groups using paired t-test, and Wilcoxon signed ranks test. Satisfaction with the program was measured in the experimental group. Results: Upon completion of the mobile-based bioterrorism response program, the experimental group showed significant increases in knowledge of bioterrorism, attitude toward bioterrorism response, and bioterrorism response competencies. Conclusions: The mobile-based bioterrorism response program is expected to contribute to better preparedness for bioterrorism response systems in clinical practice. In addition, this program is expected to be of valuable use in bioterrorism education for nursing students as well as other healthcare professionals involved in bioterrorism response.
AB - Background: To respond to unstable international security and the outbreak of new infectious diseases, clinical nurses should be equipped with bioterrorism response competencies. Objectives: This study developed a mobile-based bioterrorism response program for clinical nurses and examined its effectiveness on their knowledge of bioterrorism, attitude toward bioterrorism response, and bioterrorism response competencies. Design: A quasi-experimental study design was used. Setting: General or tertiary general hospitals in South Korea were considered. Participants: Participants were 45 clinical nurses (23 in the experimental group and 22 in the control). Methods: The mobile-based bioterrorism response program was conducted over three weeks in 10 sessions (total of 300 min). The knowledge of bioterrorism, attitude toward bioterrorism response, and bioterrorism response competencies were compared between two groups using paired t-test, and Wilcoxon signed ranks test. Satisfaction with the program was measured in the experimental group. Results: Upon completion of the mobile-based bioterrorism response program, the experimental group showed significant increases in knowledge of bioterrorism, attitude toward bioterrorism response, and bioterrorism response competencies. Conclusions: The mobile-based bioterrorism response program is expected to contribute to better preparedness for bioterrorism response systems in clinical practice. In addition, this program is expected to be of valuable use in bioterrorism education for nursing students as well as other healthcare professionals involved in bioterrorism response.
KW - Bioterrorism
KW - Clinical competence
KW - Education
KW - Nurses
KW - Nursing
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85183105955&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.nedt.2024.106098
DO - 10.1016/j.nedt.2024.106098
M3 - Article
C2 - 38266428
AN - SCOPUS:85183105955
SN - 0260-6917
VL - 134
JO - Nurse Education Today
JF - Nurse Education Today
M1 - 106098
ER -