THE RELATIONSHIP OF NURSES PSYCHOLOGYCAL READINESS AND INFECTION CONTROL TO EMEGENCY RESPONSE EFFORTS FOR COVID-19: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY

Abstract

Emergency response is a series of activities that must be carried out immediately to reduce the adverse impacts caused, including basic needs, rescue activities and evacuation of victims. Nurses' emergency response efforts to Covid-19 are divided into four, namely prevention capabilities, psychological preparedness, infection control and emergency rescue capabilities. The aim of this research is to determine the relationship between prevention capabilities, psychological preparedness, infection control and emergency rescue capabilities on the emergency response efforts of Covid-19 nurses at Sultan Iskandar Muda and Teuku Umar Regional Hospitals. This type of research is quantitative with a cros sectional Study design. The research sample used a total sampling method with 86 respondents who met the inclusion criteria. Data analysis used univariate, bivariate (chi square) and multivariate (logistic regression) methods. The results of the bivariate test showed that the variables prevention ability (p-value = 0.00), psychological preparedness (p-value = 0.01), infection control (p-value = 0.04), emergency rescue ability (p-value = 0.00) had a relationship with emergency response efforts to Covid-19. The results of the multivariate analysis showed that emergency rescue capability was the factor most related to emergency response efforts with (Odds Ratio = 14.072). Based on the research results, the most significant determining factor for nurses' emergency response efforts to Covid-19 is rescue ability in the form of nurses' attitudes and actions in providing nursing care. Emergency rescue capabilities can break the chain of transmission of the Covid-19 virus and provide nursing care to patients who are confirmed positive for Covid-19.