COVID-19 Vaccination Attitude and Behavior among Nurses at a West Texas Regional Hospital

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dc.contributor.authorPeterson, Christopher J.en
dc.contributor.authorAbohelwa, Mostafaen
dc.contributor.authorRimu, Afrinaen
dc.contributor.authorPayne, Drewen
dc.contributor.authorYang, Shengpingen
dc.contributor.authorWilliams, Tammyen
dc.contributor.authorRowin, Erin Nashen
dc.contributor.authorNugent, Kennethen
dc.coverage.countryUnited Statesen
dc.coverage.stateTexasen
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-10T14:46:19Zen
dc.date.available2023-02-10T14:46:19Zen
dc.date.issued2023-02-03en
dc.date.updated2023-02-10T14:28:49Zen
dc.description.abstractVaccinations against COVID-19 infection have become a contentious issue in the United States. Multiple segments of society, including healthcare workers, have expressed concerns regarding the need for vaccination and the safety of current vaccines. Many hospital-based nurses have helped care for patients with severe COVID-19 infections. An anonymous online survey was sent to the nursing staff at University Medical Center in Lubbock, TX, USA, through a hospital-based email system to determine vaccination status and attitudes towards the COVID-19 vaccine and other routine vaccines. Multivariable regression analysis was used to determine factors associated with vaccination. A total of 251 nurses responded to this survey; 211 nurses (83.7%) had received the vaccine. Almost all nurses (242, 96%) had received all childhood vaccinations, and 231 (91.7%) had received an influenza vaccination in the prior year. A minority of nurses (75, 29.8%) supported mandatory vaccination for healthcare workers. The reasons for declining vaccination included the possibility that diet and alternative medications provided better protection against COVID-19. This survey demonstrates that over 80% of nurses working in a hospital managing very sick patients with COVID-19 infection had been vaccinated. However, nurses who did not take the annual influenza vaccine and did not consider other protective measures useful (such as mask-wearing) were significantly less likely to vaccinate. Nurses can provide an important resource for conversations with the public and patients about vaccine initiatives.en
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dc.identifier.citationPeterson, C.J.; Abohelwa, M.; Rimu, A.; Payne, D.; Yang, S.; Williams, T.; Rowin, E.N.; Nugent, K. COVID-19 Vaccination Attitude and Behavior among Nurses at a West Texas Regional Hospital. Vaccines 2023, 11, 343.en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11020343en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/113784en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherMDPIen
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectvaccinationen
dc.subjectCOVID-19en
dc.subjectvaccine hesitancyen
dc.subjectnursesen
dc.titleCOVID-19 Vaccination Attitude and Behavior among Nurses at a West Texas Regional Hospitalen
dc.title.serialVaccinesen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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