TY - JOUR
T1 - Exploring Nursing Intention, Stress, and Professionalism in Response to Infectious Disease Emergencies
T2 - The Experience of Local Public Hospital Nurses During the 2015 MERS Outbreak in South Korea
AU - Oh, Namhee
AU - Hong, Nam Soo
AU - Ryu, Dong Hee
AU - Bae, Sang Geun
AU - Kam, Sin
AU - Kim, Keon Yeop
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017
PY - 2017/9
Y1 - 2017/9
N2 - Purpose This study aimed to examine levels of stress and professionalism of nurses who provided nursing care during the 2015 Middle East respiratory syndrome outbreak based on their experience, to investigate the nurses' intention to respond to possible future outbreaks in relation to their experience during the outbreak, and to determine the relationship between the outbreak experience and nursing intention considering stress and professionalism. Methods A self-administered questionnaire was designed based on modifications of related questionnaires, and used to assess levels of stress, professionalism, and nursing intention according to participants' experiences during the outbreak. Multiple regression analysis was used to examine the relationship between the outbreak nursing experience and nursing intention considering stress and nursing professionalism. Results The overall stress, professionalism, and nursing intention scores for the firsthand experience group were 33.72, 103.00, and 16.92, respectively, whereas those of the secondhand experience group were 32.25, 98.99, and 15.60, respectively. There were significant differences in professionalism and nursing intention scores between the groups (p =.001 and p <.001, respectively). The regression analysis revealed that the regression estimate between stress and nursing intention was B(SE) = −0.08(0.02), beta = −0.21, p <.001 and the regression estimate between professionalism in nursing and nursing intention was B(SE) = 0.05(0.01), beta = 0.23, p <.001. Conclusion Prior outbreak nursing experience was importantly associated with intention to provide care for patients with a newly emerging infectious disease in the future considering stress and professionalism. Gathering information about nurses' experience of epidemics and regular assessment of job stress and professionalism are required.
AB - Purpose This study aimed to examine levels of stress and professionalism of nurses who provided nursing care during the 2015 Middle East respiratory syndrome outbreak based on their experience, to investigate the nurses' intention to respond to possible future outbreaks in relation to their experience during the outbreak, and to determine the relationship between the outbreak experience and nursing intention considering stress and professionalism. Methods A self-administered questionnaire was designed based on modifications of related questionnaires, and used to assess levels of stress, professionalism, and nursing intention according to participants' experiences during the outbreak. Multiple regression analysis was used to examine the relationship between the outbreak nursing experience and nursing intention considering stress and nursing professionalism. Results The overall stress, professionalism, and nursing intention scores for the firsthand experience group were 33.72, 103.00, and 16.92, respectively, whereas those of the secondhand experience group were 32.25, 98.99, and 15.60, respectively. There were significant differences in professionalism and nursing intention scores between the groups (p =.001 and p <.001, respectively). The regression analysis revealed that the regression estimate between stress and nursing intention was B(SE) = −0.08(0.02), beta = −0.21, p <.001 and the regression estimate between professionalism in nursing and nursing intention was B(SE) = 0.05(0.01), beta = 0.23, p <.001. Conclusion Prior outbreak nursing experience was importantly associated with intention to provide care for patients with a newly emerging infectious disease in the future considering stress and professionalism. Gathering information about nurses' experience of epidemics and regular assessment of job stress and professionalism are required.
KW - emotional stress
KW - intention
KW - Middle East respiratory syndrome Coronavirus
KW - nurse
KW - professionalism
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85029504827
U2 - 10.1016/j.anr.2017.08.005
DO - 10.1016/j.anr.2017.08.005
M3 - Article
C2 - 28991605
AN - SCOPUS:85029504827
SN - 1976-1317
VL - 11
SP - 230
EP - 236
JO - Asian Nursing Research
JF - Asian Nursing Research
IS - 3
ER -
