Nurses’ Preparedness regarding Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) in Selected Hospitals of Maharashtra (India)

Authors

  • Joshi Sonopant G

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37506/ijfmt.v14i4.12263

Keywords:

Nurses, Pandemic COVID-19, Biological disasters, Preparedness, Abilities

Abstract

Covid-19 outbreak is spread all over the world. It is important that all nurses including healthcare
professional be prepared to care for people affected by such emerging Infectious Diseases (EID. Research
approach adopted was exploratory survey method. Research hypothesis (Ho) is healthcare preparedness
about Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID is independent of cadre of nurses. Convenient sampling method
was used. The study was conducted during May 2020 across (Maharashtra). The total 180 nurses of various
cadres were participated in online survey. Semi structured questionnaire was prepared with 30 questions on
preparedness of nurses. However, overall preparedness level was found satisfactory, still there was gap in
preparedness. Preparedness level of Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID is independent of cadre of nurses.
(Ho) To test this we applied standard F test for collective comparison of means using ANOVA table. Since
the computed F ratio is less than the table value the mean, preparedness level of four cadres does not differ
significantly accepting null hypothesis (Ho).

Author Biography

  • Joshi Sonopant G

    Professor, Symbiosis College of Nursing, Symbiosis International University, Pune

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Published

2020-10-29

How to Cite

Nurses’ Preparedness regarding Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) in Selected Hospitals of Maharashtra (India). (2020). Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, 14(4), 3983-3988. https://doi.org/10.37506/ijfmt.v14i4.12263