Nurses' Willingness to Care of Patients with COVID-19: Impact of Work Motivation Training Program. | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||
| Article 7, Volume 12, Issue 2, June 2021, Pages 114-135 PDF (835.96 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2021.147925 | ||
| Author | ||
| Sohair Mabrouk Mohammed Mabrouk Allam | ||
| Department of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Menoufia University, Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Nursing is a profession requiring prolonged training at the workplace. Nurses’ willingness to care of patients with COVID‐19 plays a considerable role in ensuring the stability of the nursing team and in controlling the pandemic. Work motivation is an effective instrument help nurses to charge up their batteries and increase the willingness to work. Improving staff’s knowledge and maintain satisfactory remuneration systems boost their willingness to work in a hazardous environment. Aim: Investigate the impact of work motivation educational program on the nurses' willingness to care of patients with COVID- 19. Design: Quesi -experimental design was used to conduct this study. Setting: The study was conducted in critical care units at University Menoufia Hospital. Subjects: A simple random sample of 126 staff nurses provided direct patient care in Critical Care Units (CCUs). Tools: Three tools were used for data collection; Tool 1: Work Motivation Knowledge Questionnaire, consist of two parts, the first part to collect demographic data, second part; Motivational knowledge Questionnaire. Tool 2: Motivational Level Questionnaire. Tool 3: Factors Influencing Willingness to Care of Patients with COVID-19 questionnaire. Results: There was highly statistical significance difference among studied staff nurses regarding motivation knowledge pre and post the implementation of motivation program and their willingness to care of patients with COVID-19 p ≤ 0.001. There was statistical significant positive correlation between the studied nurses total motivation knowledge and total motivation level mean scores and willingness level to care of patients with COVID-19. Conclusion: In the light of findings of the present study, the current study concluded that improving nurses’ work motivation knowledge is an important strategy to improve their willingness to participate in care of patients with COVID‐19. Recommendations: For nursing managers, improving nurses’ perceived professional benefits is an important strategy to improve their willingness to participate in care of patients with COVID‐19, Integrating crisis management to nurses’ in the early stages of their educational curriculum. All medical supplies should be available, such as personal protective equipment and vaccination to help < /div> keep the lives of nurses and patients safe. Raising the awareness of infectious diseases and increased pre‐disaster training during infectious disease outbreaks is equally critical. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| COVID-19; Willingness; Nurses; Work motivation; Training; Program | ||
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