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Background: At the beginning of pandemic, many of the nurses were scared of contracting COVID infection by themselves. The work of nurses during the pandemic was highly appreciated by the society though they worked with severe challenges. Hence, it was utmost necessary to explore the attitude of the nurses toward COVID care and what challenges they faced during caring for the COVID patients. Objectives: The main objectives of the study were to assess the attitude of the nurses toward working in COVID units, to identify the challenges faced by the nurses, and to find out the relationship between the nurses attitude and challenges. Methods: The study was carried out adopting descriptive survey design with 190 conveniently selected staff nurses working in the selected COVID care units of Kolkata and Bankura. Two self‑developed rating scales were administered using self‑reporting method to measure the attitude and challenges of the nurses. Results: All the staff nurses expressed their favorable (positive) attitude. Maximum (64.21%) of the staff nurses had a high level of challenges. A very weak positive correlation found between attitude of the staff nurses toward COVID care and challenges they faced (ρ = 0.197, P = 0.006). Computation of Chi‑square test revealed that neither attitude nor challenges was influenced by any of the personal characteristics of the nurses. Conclusion: In spite of working with a high level of challenges, the majority of the nurses demonstrated favorable attitude toward taking care of COVID patients.
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@#Introduction: In several studies it was described that ineffective communication during patient handover between the hospital departments or during shift-to-shift transfer result in discontinuity of care, inappropriate treatment, and potential risks of injury for patients. The patient handover is a professional responsibility and accountability related to nursing care. SBAR (Situation - Background - Assessment – Recommendation) method as part of the international patient safety goals(IPSGs) was developed to improve communication breakdown. Knowledge and attitude are essential factors associated with the implementation of patient handover, yet limited research was done on this. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between nurse knowledge and attitude toward a patient handover. Methods: A cross-sectional approach was applied in this study. A total of 61 nurses consisting of the head nurse, and team leaders participated in sampling technique done by simple random sampling method from the hospital database. Data collection used a structured questionnaire with a good result of validity and reliability. Univariate and bivariate test were used for data analyzing with Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS) Version 18. Results: There is a relationship between nurses' knowledge and attitude toward patient handover with OR 5.280 (1.063-26.227); OR 5.333 (1.351-21.062), respectively and statistically significant (p<0.000). Conclusion: Handover is a dynamic process and impacts directly on patient care. Increasing nurse knowledge and attitude are essential to enhance the implementation of patient handover. Training, seminar and intensive practice are strongly needed to build the culture of patient safety.