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Evaluating Nursing Staff Perception of Hospital Readiness for Continuity of Essential Health Care Services and Surge Capacity in Line With COVID-19

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 May 2022

Sally Mohammed Farghaly Abdelaliem Open the ORCID record for Sally Mohammed Farghaly Abdelaliem [Opens in a new window] ,
Ghada Moh Samir El Hessewi ,
Samira Ahmed Alsenany ,
Nadiah A. Baghdadi  and
Sarah Ali Mabaouj Alkhaldi
Sally Mohammed Farghaly Abdelaliem*
Affiliation:
Department of Nursing Management and Education, College of Nursing, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Nursing Administration Department, Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
Ghada Moh Samir El Hessewi
Affiliation:
Faculty of Nursing, Damanhour University, Egypt Department of Health Sciences, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Samira Ahmed Alsenany
Affiliation:
College of Nursing, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia College of Nursing, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Nadiah A. Baghdadi
Affiliation:
Department of Nursing Management and Education, College of Nursing, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Sarah Ali Mabaouj Alkhaldi
Affiliation:
College of Nursing, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Corresponding author: Sally Mohammed Farghaly Abdelaliem, Emails: smfarghaly@pnu.edu.sa/sally.farghaly@alexu.edu.eg
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Abstract

Objective:

To evaluate nursing staff’ perception of hospital readiness for continuity of essential health care services and surge capacity in line with COVID-19.

Methods:

A total of 300 nurses were recruited from one hospital in Saudi Arabia. They completed self-administered, online questionnaires. The questionnaire assessed participants’ socio-demographic data and their perceptions regarding hospital readiness for continuity of essential health care services and surge capacity in line with COVID-19.

Results:

The findings revealed that nursing staff had a moderate mean score regarding hospital readiness for continuity of health care services (3.89 ± 0.61) and an average mean value regarding surge capacity of 3.83 ± 0.63. Also, the value of R2 of surge capacity in healthcare can predict 82.9% of the variance in hospital readiness for continuity of health care services in terms of surge capacity.

Conclusion:

Hospital administrators could propose hospital regulations and protocols for the management of confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients in addition to designing a continuing education program for health professionals at all levels related to prevention, control, and management of COVID-19 suspected and confirmed patients.

Keywords

care servicescontinuity of careCOVID-19hospital readinessnursingsurge capacity
Type
Original Research
Information
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness , Volume 17 , 2023 , e160
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© The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc.

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