Abstract:The purpose of this paper is to raise awareness among nurses working in hospitals about occupational respiratory infectious diseases so they may protect themselves and their patients from hospital-acquired respiratory infectious diseases. We found insufficient awareness among nurses about potential hospital-based outbreaks of respiratory infectious diseases in relation to wearing masks to protect themselves and the patients they care for. As for practice implication, a clinical practice norm that nurses are ob… Show more
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