The aim is to deliver an intervention to promote nurse leadership and decision-making in the hospital setting, by providing them with training for maintaining minimum service delivery standards for hospital infection control with respect to COVID-19; but also other infectious disease burden management.
Nurses are frontline practitioners in the fight against COVID-19. Empowering nurses through
training for infection prevention for COVID-19 is an essential step to facilitate nurse
leadership and safety in the hospital. There is immense reliance on nurses with regard to
patient safety, yet very little effort is made to invest in interventions for their
leadership roles in developing countries, including Pakistan. In this study the aim is to
deliver an intervention for COVID-19 preventive protocols to nurses and assess the impact of
the intervention through a pre and post-test survey. A total of 200 nurses will be sampled. A
100 nurses each will be part of the control and experiment group each.
The data will be analyzed using SPSS. Pre and post test results will be presented using
descriptive data and bivariate regression will be used to present higher odds of confidence
in preventive and awareness literacy for COVID-19 in nurses after intervention delivery.
Through this research the aim is to improve nurse leadership in maintaining minimum service
delivery standards for hospital infection control with respect to COVID-19; but also other
infectious disease burden management.
Behavioral: Intervention for COVID-19 preventive protocols
The intervention will comprise (A) digital communication of written material and (B) monthly online training and discussion through skype and zoom, to allow for physical demonstrations, Q&A and sharing of challenges. The five specific areas covered in the intervention for COVID-19 preventive protocols will include: (1) PPE fitting, (2) PPE removal, (3) hand hygiene, (4) cleaning, disinfection and sterilization, and (5) nurse uniform sterilization.
Inclusion Criteria:
- The selection criteria will be all currently working staff nurses.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Student nurses or nurses not part of clinical rounds.
Online sampling of nurses from public and private hospitals (confidential data)
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan