Open AccessThe Impact of Simulation-Based Education on Nurses’ Perceived Predeployment Anxiety During the COVID-19 Pandemic Within the Cultural Context of a Middle Eastern Country
Author(s) -
Jacqueline Sullivan,
Alanoud E Almarri,
Emad Almomani,
Jesveena Mathias
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of medical education and curricular development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2382-1205
DOI - 10.1177/23821205211061012
Subject(s) - anxiety , preparedness , workforce , pandemic , software deployment , context (archaeology) , attendance , covid-19 , nursing , medicine , psychology , psychiatry , political science , geography , engineering , disease , software engineering , archaeology , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , law
Anxiety related to the COVID-19 pandemic is prevalent among the nursing workforce and has the potential to affect well-being and performance in the workplace. This paper reports on a joint education/nursing and midwifery workforce quality improvement initiative in the State of Qatar to address an urgent need for COVID-19 preparedness during the second wave of infection. A Simulation-Based Education (SBE) program was developed and delivered over a period of 2 months (February to April 2021) to prepare nurses for deployment to COVID-19 facilities. Perceived anxiety scores related to COVID-19 deployment were collected from 121 nurses before and after SBE attendance. The data demonstrates that SBE is an effective method to reduce deployment-related anxiety among registered nurses.