Nurses' Willingness to Care of Patients with COVID-19: Impact of Work Motivation Training Program.

Background: Nursing is a profession requiring prolonged training at the workplace.
Nurses’ willingness to care of patients with COVID‐19 plays a considerable role in ensuring
the stability of the nursing team and in controlling the pandemic. Work motivation is an
effective instrument help nurses to charge up their batteries and increase the willingness to
work. Improving staff’s knowledge and maintain satisfactory remuneration systems boost
their willingness to work in a hazardous environment. Aim: Investigate the impact of work
motivation educational program on the nurses' willingness to care of patients with COVID-
19. Design: Quesi -experimental design was used to conduct this study. Setting: The study
was conducted in critical care units at University Menoufia Hospital. Subjects: A simple
random sample of 126 staff nurses provided direct patient care in Critical Care Units (CCUs).
Tools: Three tools were used for data collection; Tool 1: Work Motivation Knowledge
Questionnaire, consist of two parts, the first part to collect demographic data, second part;
Motivational knowledge Questionnaire. Tool 2: Motivational Level Questionnaire. Tool 3:
Factors Influencing Willingness to
Care of Patients with COVID-19 questionnaire.
Results: There was highly statistical significance difference among studied staff nurses
regarding motivation knowledge pre and post the implementation of motivation program and
their willingness to care of patients with COVID-19 p ≤ 0.001. There was statistical
significant positive correlation between the studied nurses total motivation knowledge and
total motivation level mean scores and willingness level to care of patients with COVID-19.
Conclusion: In the light of findings of the present study, the current study concluded that
improving nurses’ work motivation knowledge is an important strategy to improve their
willingness to participate in care of patients with COVID‐19. Recommendations: For
nursing managers, improving nurses’ perceived professional benefits is an important strategy
to improve their willingness to participate in care of patients with COVID‐19, Integrating
crisis management to nurses’ in the early stages of their educational curriculum. All medical
supplies should be available, such as personal protective equipment and vaccination to help < /div>
keep the lives of nurses and patients safe. Raising the awareness of infectious diseases and
increased pre‐disaster training during infectious disease outbreaks is equally critical.