Perceived competence and comfort in respiratory protection: results of a nationwide survey of occupational health nurses

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• Personal Author:
  Burgel BJ ; Burns CM ; Byrd A ; Carpenter H ; Gruden M ; Lachat A ; Novak D ; Taormina D
• Description:
  In response to the Institute of Medicine (2011) report Occupational Health Nurses and Respiratory Protection: Improving Education and Training, a nationwide survey was conducted in May 2012 to assess occupational health nurses' educational preparation, roles, responsibilities, and training needs in respiratory protection. More than 2,000 occupational health nurses responded; 83% perceived themselves as competent, proficient, or expert in respiratory protection, reporting moderate comfort with 12 respiratory program elements. If occupational health nurses had primary responsibility for the respiratory protection program, they were more likely to perceive higher competence and more comfort in respiratory protection, after controlling for occupational health nursing experience, highest education, occupational health nursing certification, industry sector, Association of Occupational Health Professionals in Healthcare membership, taking a National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health spirometry course in the prior 5 years, and perceiving a positive safety culture at work. These survey results document high perceived competence and comfort in respiratory protection. These findings support the development of targeted educational programs and interprofessional competencies for respiratory protection. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Health Personnel Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Respiratory Protective Devices Respiratory System Safety Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Health-care-personnel Medical-personnel Nurses Nursing Personal-protection Personal-protective-equipment Respiration Respirators Respiratory-protection Respiratory-protective-equipment Training

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• ISSN:
  2165-0799
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Florida ; Maryland ; North Carolina ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 9 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  NPPTL - National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  103-115
• Volume:
  61
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20042356
• Citation:
  Workplace Health Saf 2013 Mar; 61(3):103-115
• Contact Point Address:
  Barbara J. Burgel, RN, COHN-S, PhD, FAAN, Clinical Professor, Department of Community Health Systems, School of Nursing, 2 Koret Way, Box 0608, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143-0608
• Email:
  barbara.burgel@nursing.ucsf.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2013
• Performing Organization:
  Sunshine Education and Research Center, University of South Florida
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Workplace Health & Safety
• End Date:
  20290630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:60052546842792987079ed9b3506c1df218103b8c7803551e2fed024f606a9fda5b140b16f6dff7c387f1c1a4ad8ce56232101ed8c8c428db7306eab85c67c9a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/194598/cdc_194598_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 237.58 KB ]