Covid-19 vaccine confidence and hesitancy in nursing students and faculty at a large academic medical center.
Nurs Outlook
; 70(2): 347-354, 2022.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1487915
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Little is known about nursing faculty and nursing student's confidence or potential hesitancy to receive the Covid-19 vaccine once it was available.METHODS:
An anonymous electronic survey of nursing students and faculty was conducted at a large academic center in the eastern U.S.FINDINGS:
Both students and faculty reported they were fairly or completely confident that the vaccine was safe (n = 235, 89.4%) and that it would effectively mitigate their risk (n = 230, 87.5%). There was a 52.6% decrease in vaccine hesitancy from 6 months prior (p <.01); 22% (n = 58) of those currently willing to receive the vaccine reported moderate to high concern about its side-effects and/or long-term efficacy. Access to vaccine research, vaccine education, and watching others be inoculated, had mitigated their concerns from the previous six months.DISCUSSION:
While both nursing students and faculty reported having high confidence in the efficacy and safety of the Covid-19 vaccine, concerns remained.Keywords
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Students, Nursing
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Vaccines
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Topics:
Vaccines
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Nurs Outlook
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
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