Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 is highly contagious and has the potential to cause nosocomial infections, has placed a strong pressure on worldwide healthcare systems over the last years. Nosocomial infection has many influencing factors, among which the unreasonable operation of nurses accounts for 30.0%-50.0%. Therefore, strengthening the professional skill training of nurses is of great significance in reducing the nosocomial infection rate.
Objective: This research aimed to explore the effectiveness of the training of nosocomial infection control on the competencies of specialist nurses under the background of the new crown epidemic based on competency-based theory.
Design: This was a retrospective study.
Setting: This study was performed in Dongfang Hospital, Affiliated to Tongji University.
Participants: A total of 84 key nurses, each of them recommended by one department from June 2020 to June 2021, were chosen as study subjects, and they could actively participate in the training.
Interventions: Nurses received systematic and standardized training based on competency-based theory under the background of coronavirus disease 2019, including focus group meeting, training of core emergency capability, teaching training and contingency plan for COVID-19 infection.
Primary outcome measures: (1) core competence (2) job fit (3) core emergency response for major infectious diseases, and (4) nurses' satisfaction. All these primary outcomes can reflect the competencies of specialist nurses after training.
Results: The scores in critical thinking and scientific research, clinical nursing, ethics and legal practice, professional development, education consulting and professional knowledge, professional skills, comprehensive quality, and professional ability of nurses training were higher than those before (P = .000). After training, the scores in relevant matters needing attention (international rescue, bioterrorist attacks, and infectious disease emergencies after natural disasters), filling in the People's Republic of China Infectious Disease Report Card, and the scope of reporting infectious disease emergencies were all higher than before (P = .000). All nurses had relatively high satisfaction with the curriculum setting and assessment form, with satisfaction of 100.0%, followed by training duration, with satisfaction of 92.86%.
Conclusion: Under the background of coronavirus disease 2019, based on competence-based theory, training of nosocomial infection control specialist nurses could improve their core competence, job fit, and core emergency response capabilities, with high satisfaction. Under the background of the normalization of the prevention and control of the novel coronavirus pneumonia epidemic, the training model based on competence-based theory of nurses is worth promoting.