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The role of continuing education in protecting nurses against covid-19 infection

Prevention is the best strategy to reduce infection. The widespread novel infectious diseases have been diagnosed and controlled with delay [1]. The rapid spread of COVID-19 has exposed nurses, the frontline caregivers, to such an infection. All medical centers and hospitals have paid particular attention to the education and educational methods to prevent nurses' infection. This education has been important for nurse managers. Studies have shown that nursing education programs on infection control measures have led to significant advances in nurse knowledge and practice, significantly affecting infection control [24]. In the study of Gaikwad et al., the educational intervention has had a significant impact on the development of nurses' knowledge about infection control measures (pre-test score: 3.94 ± 2.3 vs. post-test score: 15.33 ± 2.4) [4]. According to Gomarverdi et al., nurse adherence to the standard precautions has increased from 19.87 ± 4.44 at pre-test to 29.20 ± 5.00 and 28.40 ± 4.37 at twoand six-week post-test, respectively [3]. Also, Yousef et al. show statistically significant improvement in the nurses' infection control measures (48.93 ± 16.67 vs. 113.37 ± 10.61) and total knowledge (80.70 ± 18.48 vs. 174.83 ± 18.37) after the educational program [2]. Implementing a nursing education program can help nurses be prepared for critical situations such as COVID -19 disease. Ghanbari et al. show that the nursing education program against natural disasters improves the knowledge, attitude, practice, and readiness of nurses [5]. Also, Gresh et al. have shown that online education for 135 nursing students and 15 clinical instructors in COVID-19 disease improve factors, including assessment and analytic, policy development/program planning, communication, cultural competency, community dimensions of practice, public health sciences, financial planning/ evaluation/management, and leadership /system thinking skills [6]. Citation: Zakeri MA, Dehghan M. The Role of Continuing Education in Protecting Nurses