Background. Effective nursing care for COVID-19 patients. Design: A cross-sectional study has been conducted. Methods: This study applied purposive sampling method at 159 nurse’s intensive care units in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia, northern Malaysia. Data collected by structured questionnaires which consisted of four sections, Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of deliver nursing care for patients Covid -19 and demographic information for nurses. Conclusions: Finding show that nurses have positive attitude initiatives to improve the level of knowledge, and practices of nursing care for patients COVID -19, relevance to clinical practice. This proves that majority ICU nurses understood the basic information regarding COVID-19. Nursing management are encouraged to establish policies and supportive to staffs to increase and improved among ICU nurses to enhancing the quality of an excellent nursing care for COVID-19 patients.
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