Preparedness of isolation hospitals to Covid-19 risk management and its impact on nurses' work engagement during the outbreak

Background:Covid-19 risk management in health care settings is a process that affects every area in the organization system and needs to be integrated into everything the organization does to control or reduce the bad outcomes of the outbreak,so isolation hospitals should be prepared for the possible arrival of (Covid-19) patients,and its nursing staff members are well trained, equipped, and capable of practices with such patients. Aim: Evaluate preparedness of isolation hospitals to Covid-19 risk management and its impact on nurses' work engagement during the outbreak. Research design: A descriptive cross-sectional study. Setting:Isolation hospitals in Egypt. Subjects: A convenient sample consisted of 443 nurses working in isolation hospitals. Tools of data collection: Two tools were used;Covid-19 risk management and nurses work engagement questionnaires. Results: This study revealed that about half (53.7%) of overall of Covid-19 risk management levels were unsatisfactory (<75%),while less than half of them (44.9%) were have moderate level of work engagement duringCovid-19 outbreak. Conclusion:There was statistically significant positive relationship between Covid- 19 risk management and nurses work engagement (P=0.000). Recommendations: Continuous education programs for nurses complied with redesigned healthcare systems based on Covid-19 risk evidence practice to achieve a sustainable healthcare system with experienced and a skillful nurse in infection controlling