{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"submitter":["Farghaly Abdelaliem SM"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Objective</h4>To evaluate nursing staff' perception of hospital readiness for continuity of essential health care services and surge capacity in line with COVID-19.<h4>Methods</h4>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.<h4>Results</h4>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.<h4>Conclusion</h4>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."],"journal":["Disaster medicine and public health preparedness"],"pagination":["1-7"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9300964"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Evaluating Nursing Staff Perception of Hospital Readiness for Continuity of Essential Health Care Services and Surge Capacity in Line With COVID-19."],"pmcid":["PMC9300964"],"pubmed_authors":["Baghdadi NA","Alkhaldi SAM","Farghaly Abdelaliem SM","Alsenany SA","El Hessewi GMS"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Evaluating Nursing Staff Perception of Hospital Readiness for Continuity of Essential Health Care Services and Surge Capacity in Line With COVID-19.","description":"<h4>Objective</h4>To evaluate nursing staff' perception of hospital readiness for continuity of essential health care services and surge capacity in line with COVID-19.<h4>Methods</h4>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.<h4>Results</h4>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.<h4>Conclusion</h4>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.","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 May","modification":"2025-04-05T11:51:51.448Z","creation":"2022-08-07T21:56:18.75Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9300964","cross_references":{"pubmed":["35514151"],"doi":["10.1017/dmp.2022.119"]}}