
Intention to Care for COVID-19 Patients Among Nurses Working at Health Care Institutions of Debre Tabor Town, North Central Ethiopia
Author(s) -
Binyam Minuye Birhane,
Wubet Alebachew Bayih,
Melese Kebede,
Sintayehu Asnakew,
Demeke Mesfin Belay
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
risk management and healthcare policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.828
H-Index - 22
ISSN - 1179-1594
DOI - 10.2147/rmhp.s311830
Subject(s) - odds ratio , medicine , family medicine , health care , logistic regression , odds , cross sectional study , nursing , outbreak , virology , pathology , economics , economic growth
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused many challenges for health care providers. Nurses meet patients with coronavirus disease and offer care for newly communicable diseases. Despite global and national efforts to prevent the spread, the outbreak is still on a rise, and studies on the health care behaviors of nurses were scarce in the study setting. Therefore, this study was intended in addressing nurses' intention to care for coronavirus disease 19 patients and its determinants among nurses working at Debre Tabor town Health Care Institutions, 2020.