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Evaluation of Nursing Competences and Safety in Critical Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Version 1 : Received: 3 February 2023 / Approved: 9 February 2023 / Online: 9 February 2023 (04:47:44 CET)

How to cite: Pla-Canalda, E.; Martínez-Segura, E.; Fernández-Sáez, J.; Concha-Martínez, P.; Gil-Mateu, E.; Jiménez-Herrera, M. Evaluation of Nursing Competences and Safety in Critical Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Preprints 2023, 2023020154. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202302.0154.v1 Pla-Canalda, E.; Martínez-Segura, E.; Fernández-Sáez, J.; Concha-Martínez, P.; Gil-Mateu, E.; Jiménez-Herrera, M. Evaluation of Nursing Competences and Safety in Critical Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Preprints 2023, 2023020154. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202302.0154.v1

Abstract

On 11 March 2020, the COVID-19 emergency was declared and a large number of patients were admitted to the ICUs. Consequently, ICUs had to recruit nurses from other units as well as Nursing students without working experience in critical patients care. Since Critical nursing competence is crucial to avoid medical errors, the aim of this study was, to describe the level of safety and nursing competence in critical patient care of recruited nurses and students, during the COVID-19 pandemic in ICUs. A cross-sectional descriptive study of 66 participants using the validated competency assessment questionnaire for nurses in hospital care (COM-VA©) was performed. Our results showed that the level of safety perceived in critical patients care by the students on placement in ICUs and mentors scored higher than the rest of the participants. Interestingly, whereas the participant’s COM-VA© score indicated a level of competence good enough to work autonomously, the supervisor/mentor’s COM-VA© evaluation showed that only the group of students on placement obtained this level of competency. Altogether, we found that students on placement in ICU possesses a higher level of safety and COM-VA© scores than the rest of participants probably due to the close support of the mentor.

Keywords

Simulation; Nursing competences; Critical patient; Training; Education; Pandemic

Subject

Public Health and Healthcare, Nursing

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