Bioterrorism education effect on knowledge and attitudes of nurses
Context: The most important way against bioterrorism is reinforcement of knowledge of health and medical team to diagnose and rapid reaction during these events. Aims: To assess the effect of bioterrorism education on knowledge and attitudes of nurses. Settings and Design: the setting of study was o...
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| author | Nahid Aghaei Masoumeh Bagheri Nesami |
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| description | Context: The most important way against bioterrorism is reinforcement of knowledge of health and medical team to diagnose and rapid reaction during these events. Aims: To assess the effect of bioterrorism education on knowledge and attitudes of nurses. Settings and Design: the setting of study was one of the infectious disease wards, emergency rooms or internal wards of the hospitals under supervision of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences. Materials and Methods: In this pre-experimental study, 65 nurses who had all inclusion criteria are selected by accessible sampling method. Data on nurses knowledge and attitudes toward bioterrorism were collected using a self-administered questionnaire before and after two two-h sessions education. After a month of education, the units responded to questionnaire again. Statistical Analysis Used: A descriptive statistics Wilcoxon tests and Spearman correlation coefficient were used. Results: Before education, the majority of units (96.9%) had low knowledge about bioterrorism (0-33.3% score of 100%),whereas after education, the majority of them (100%) had good knowledge(well done) (66.7-100% score of 100%). And majority of units (96.9%) before education had indifferent attitude toward bioterrorism (33.4-66.6% score of 100%), whereas a majority of them (98.5%) after education had positive attitude (66.7-100% score of 100%). Conclusions: The education has a positive effect on nurses′ knowledge and attitudes and it can be a guideline for administrators of the Ministry of Health and medicine for planning to achieve the goals of preventive and defense against bioterrorism. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-76162f6562ce46c6849287898911dfd52022-12-22T00:52:51ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock0974-27002013-01-0162788210.4103/0974-2700.110747Bioterrorism education effect on knowledge and attitudes of nursesNahid AghaeiMasoumeh Bagheri NesamiContext: The most important way against bioterrorism is reinforcement of knowledge of health and medical team to diagnose and rapid reaction during these events. Aims: To assess the effect of bioterrorism education on knowledge and attitudes of nurses. Settings and Design: the setting of study was one of the infectious disease wards, emergency rooms or internal wards of the hospitals under supervision of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences. Materials and Methods: In this pre-experimental study, 65 nurses who had all inclusion criteria are selected by accessible sampling method. Data on nurses knowledge and attitudes toward bioterrorism were collected using a self-administered questionnaire before and after two two-h sessions education. After a month of education, the units responded to questionnaire again. Statistical Analysis Used: A descriptive statistics Wilcoxon tests and Spearman correlation coefficient were used. Results: Before education, the majority of units (96.9%) had low knowledge about bioterrorism (0-33.3% score of 100%),whereas after education, the majority of them (100%) had good knowledge(well done) (66.7-100% score of 100%). And majority of units (96.9%) before education had indifferent attitude toward bioterrorism (33.4-66.6% score of 100%), whereas a majority of them (98.5%) after education had positive attitude (66.7-100% score of 100%). Conclusions: The education has a positive effect on nurses′ knowledge and attitudes and it can be a guideline for administrators of the Ministry of Health and medicine for planning to achieve the goals of preventive and defense against bioterrorism.http://www.onlinejets.org/article.asp?issn=0974-2700;year=2013;volume=6;issue=2;spage=78;epage=82;aulast=AghaeiAttitudesbioterrorismeducationknowledgenurse |
| spellingShingle | Nahid Aghaei Masoumeh Bagheri Nesami Bioterrorism education effect on knowledge and attitudes of nurses Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock Attitudes bioterrorism education knowledge nurse |
| title | Bioterrorism education effect on knowledge and attitudes of nurses |
| title_full | Bioterrorism education effect on knowledge and attitudes of nurses |
| title_fullStr | Bioterrorism education effect on knowledge and attitudes of nurses |
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| title_short | Bioterrorism education effect on knowledge and attitudes of nurses |
| title_sort | bioterrorism education effect on knowledge and attitudes of nurses |
| topic | Attitudes bioterrorism education knowledge nurse |
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