COVID-19 Vaccination Attitude and Behavior among Nurses at a West Texas Regional Hospital
Vaccinations against COVID-19 infection have become a contentious issue in the United States. Multiple segments of society, including healthcare workers, have expressed concerns regarding the need for vaccination and the safety of current vaccines. Many hospital-based nurses have helped care for pat...
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| author | Christopher J. Peterson Mostafa Abohelwa Afrina Rimu Drew Payne Shengping Yang Tammy Williams Erin Nash Rowin Kenneth Nugent |
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| description | Vaccinations against COVID-19 infection have become a contentious issue in the United States. Multiple segments of society, including healthcare workers, have expressed concerns regarding the need for vaccination and the safety of current vaccines. Many hospital-based nurses have helped care for patients with severe COVID-19 infections. An anonymous online survey was sent to the nursing staff at University Medical Center in Lubbock, TX, USA, through a hospital-based email system to determine vaccination status and attitudes towards the COVID-19 vaccine and other routine vaccines. Multivariable regression analysis was used to determine factors associated with vaccination. A total of 251 nurses responded to this survey; 211 nurses (83.7%) had received the vaccine. Almost all nurses (242, 96%) had received all childhood vaccinations, and 231 (91.7%) had received an influenza vaccination in the prior year. A minority of nurses (75, 29.8%) supported mandatory vaccination for healthcare workers. The reasons for declining vaccination included the possibility that diet and alternative medications provided better protection against COVID-19. This survey demonstrates that over 80% of nurses working in a hospital managing very sick patients with COVID-19 infection had been vaccinated. However, nurses who did not take the annual influenza vaccine and did not consider other protective measures useful (such as mask-wearing) were significantly less likely to vaccinate. Nurses can provide an important resource for conversations with the public and patients about vaccine initiatives. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bf8a093dc7ce435596aa043754fb3a652023-11-16T23:43:05ZengMDPI AGVaccines2076-393X2023-02-0111234310.3390/vaccines11020343COVID-19 Vaccination Attitude and Behavior among Nurses at a West Texas Regional HospitalChristopher J. Peterson0Mostafa Abohelwa1Afrina Rimu2Drew Payne3Shengping Yang4Tammy Williams5Erin Nash Rowin6Kenneth Nugent7Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke, VA 24106, USADepartment of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX 79430, USADepartment of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX 79430, USADepartment of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX 79430, USAPennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USANursing Administration, University Medical Center, Lubbock, TX 79430, USASchool of Nursing, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX 79430, USADepartment of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX 79430, USAVaccinations against COVID-19 infection have become a contentious issue in the United States. Multiple segments of society, including healthcare workers, have expressed concerns regarding the need for vaccination and the safety of current vaccines. Many hospital-based nurses have helped care for patients with severe COVID-19 infections. An anonymous online survey was sent to the nursing staff at University Medical Center in Lubbock, TX, USA, through a hospital-based email system to determine vaccination status and attitudes towards the COVID-19 vaccine and other routine vaccines. Multivariable regression analysis was used to determine factors associated with vaccination. A total of 251 nurses responded to this survey; 211 nurses (83.7%) had received the vaccine. Almost all nurses (242, 96%) had received all childhood vaccinations, and 231 (91.7%) had received an influenza vaccination in the prior year. A minority of nurses (75, 29.8%) supported mandatory vaccination for healthcare workers. The reasons for declining vaccination included the possibility that diet and alternative medications provided better protection against COVID-19. This survey demonstrates that over 80% of nurses working in a hospital managing very sick patients with COVID-19 infection had been vaccinated. However, nurses who did not take the annual influenza vaccine and did not consider other protective measures useful (such as mask-wearing) were significantly less likely to vaccinate. Nurses can provide an important resource for conversations with the public and patients about vaccine initiatives.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/11/2/343vaccinationCOVID-19vaccine hesitancynurses |
| spellingShingle | Christopher J. Peterson Mostafa Abohelwa Afrina Rimu Drew Payne Shengping Yang Tammy Williams Erin Nash Rowin Kenneth Nugent COVID-19 Vaccination Attitude and Behavior among Nurses at a West Texas Regional Hospital Vaccines vaccination COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy nurses |
| title | COVID-19 Vaccination Attitude and Behavior among Nurses at a West Texas Regional Hospital |
| title_full | COVID-19 Vaccination Attitude and Behavior among Nurses at a West Texas Regional Hospital |
| title_fullStr | COVID-19 Vaccination Attitude and Behavior among Nurses at a West Texas Regional Hospital |
| title_full_unstemmed | COVID-19 Vaccination Attitude and Behavior among Nurses at a West Texas Regional Hospital |
| title_short | COVID-19 Vaccination Attitude and Behavior among Nurses at a West Texas Regional Hospital |
| title_sort | covid 19 vaccination attitude and behavior among nurses at a west texas regional hospital |
| topic | vaccination COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy nurses |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/11/2/343 |
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