Sarthak Sengupta, Anurika Vaish
A study on social media and higher education during the COVID-19 pandemic
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many low middleincome countries lack resources wellfunctioning emergency care systems emergency nurses interact injured critically ill patients first contact many health care settings however insufficient training limits nurses providing ideal emergency care purpose research highlight educational needs specific nurses working 2 emergency departments nairobi kenya descriptive crosssectional study involving emergency units 2 largest referral teaching hospitals aga khan university hospital nairobi kenyatta national hospital nairobi kenya conducted data collected using adapted structured selfadministered questionnaire data analyzed using descriptive statistics skills competencies participants assessed addition educational gaps needs participants around emergency care trauma cardiovascular diseases respiratory neurological illnesses described results presented frequencies percentages questionnaire response rate 636 n 84 respondents held associate degrees nursing 726 whereas 19 bachelors degree nursing respondents 845 perceived highly competent basic skills performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation assessment body systems less half respondents 488 perceived highly competent intermediate skills assisting endotracheal intubation advanced competencies analyzing electrocardiograms administering thrombolytic medications 167 perceived highly competent results study suggest knowledge gap educational needs among emergency nurses nairobi kenya identified injuriestrauma cardiovascular respiratory neurological disease emergencies topics focus areas high need address knowledge skills needs future specialty training emergency nursing recommended could achieved continuing professional development short courses postgraduatelevel training