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Are nurses prepared to respond to next infectious disease outbreak: A narrative synthesis
Anliu Nie1, Xiangfen Su1, Mengyuan Dong2
1Department of Emergency, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Aim:
The review aimed to present a synthesis of nurses' preparedness for infectious disease and the components of emergency preparedness.
Design:
Narrative synthesis.
Methods:
A systematic search and screening for relevant studies were conducted to locate the relevant articles. The included studies were examined for scientific quality using the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool. The findings of included studies were synthesized by a narrative synthesis approach.
Results:
Totally 15 studies were included, and 4 themes associated with nurses' preparedness for pandemic were identified: knowledge and skills, psychological preparation, external resources, and attitude and intention.
Conclusions:
Most nurses express a positive willingness to respond to epidemics, although they do not believe they are adequately prepared. Some measures should be taken for improving nurses' emergency preparedness, including providing ongoing training, protective equipment, safe working environment and psychological intervention, improving nurses' resilience and accelerating the sharing of scientific information about epidemics.
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