THE EFFECT OF HEALTHY SELF-MANAGEMENT EDUCATION ON THE KNOWLEDGE OF NURSES WORKING IN COVID-19 TREATMENT ROOMS

Abstract

Covid-19 is a pandemic in the world today. Nurses are the forefront of handling Covid-19 so they are susceptible to infection, it is necessary to provide counseling on how to prevent Covid-19 in order to reduce the number of infected nurses. PPNI data on May 8, 2020, were 19 nurses who died and 53 positive people, currently the number still increasing. Adherence to health protocols believed to be able prevent transmission of Covid-19 among nurses. Providing education is method used to increase knowledge. This study aims to determine the effectiveness of providing online education on healthy self-management behavior to avoid Covid-19 transmission to nurses who work in the Covid-19 care unit in private hospitals. This study uses Quasi-Experiment method with Non-Randomized Without Control Group Pretest and Posttest Design approach. The population is all nurses who work in the Covid-19 care unit, with sample 116 people. The sampling technique used a purposive sampling with certain criteria. Based on the results of the statistical test with the Dependent T-Test, the value of P = 0.000 <0.05, this indicates that there is a significant difference in knowledge before and after being given education about self-management to stay healthy.