Nurses' perceptions of risk from emerging respiratory infectious diseases: A Singapore study
The recent emergence of virulent respiratory infectious disease such as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and Influenza A/H1N1 viruses predisposes nurses to occupational risks. This qualitative study investigated how Chinese Singaporean nurses perceived the risks of exposure to these infectio...
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| author | Koh, Y. Hegney, Desley Drury, Vicki |
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| description | The recent emergence of virulent respiratory infectious disease such as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and Influenza A/H1N1 viruses predisposes nurses to occupational risks. This qualitative study investigated how Chinese Singaporean nurses perceived the risks of exposure to these infectious diseases and the factors that influenced this risk perception. Data were collected through face-to-face interviews and were analyzed using Braun and Clarke’s process of thematic analysis. Three themes emerged: living with risk; the experience of SARS; and acceptance of risk. The nature of nursing work was perceived to place participants at risk of infection. Another significant finding of this study is that the government's, organizations' and nurses' perceptions of new emerging respiratory infectious disease were influenced by their previous SARS. Similar to previous studies, nurses working at the 'front line' believed that infection from these diseases was an unavoidable occupational hazard. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-103552017-09-13T16:06:10Z Nurses' perceptions of risk from emerging respiratory infectious diseases: A Singapore study Koh, Y. Hegney, Desley Drury, Vicki nurses respiratory risk perception infections disease The recent emergence of virulent respiratory infectious disease such as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and Influenza A/H1N1 viruses predisposes nurses to occupational risks. This qualitative study investigated how Chinese Singaporean nurses perceived the risks of exposure to these infectious diseases and the factors that influenced this risk perception. Data were collected through face-to-face interviews and were analyzed using Braun and Clarke’s process of thematic analysis. Three themes emerged: living with risk; the experience of SARS; and acceptance of risk. The nature of nursing work was perceived to place participants at risk of infection. Another significant finding of this study is that the government's, organizations' and nurses' perceptions of new emerging respiratory infectious disease were influenced by their previous SARS. Similar to previous studies, nurses working at the 'front line' believed that infection from these diseases was an unavoidable occupational hazard. 2012 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/10355 10.1111/j.1440-172X.2012.02018.x Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia restricted |
| spellingShingle | nurses respiratory risk perception infections disease Koh, Y. Hegney, Desley Drury, Vicki Nurses' perceptions of risk from emerging respiratory infectious diseases: A Singapore study |
| title | Nurses' perceptions of risk from emerging respiratory infectious diseases: A Singapore study |
| title_full | Nurses' perceptions of risk from emerging respiratory infectious diseases: A Singapore study |
| title_fullStr | Nurses' perceptions of risk from emerging respiratory infectious diseases: A Singapore study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Nurses' perceptions of risk from emerging respiratory infectious diseases: A Singapore study |
| title_short | Nurses' perceptions of risk from emerging respiratory infectious diseases: A Singapore study |
| title_sort | nurses' perceptions of risk from emerging respiratory infectious diseases: a singapore study |
| topic | nurses respiratory risk perception infections disease |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/10355 |