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Running head : MANAGING QUARANTINE MEASURES

Managing SARS quarantine measures in Taiwan : `Experiences of public health nurses

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The article `Confidence in controlling a SARS outbreak : Experiences of public health nurses in managing home quarantine measures in Taiwan ' is a 2006 publication authored by Chih-Cheng Hsu , Ted Chen , Mei Chang and Yu-Kang Chang and published in the American Journal of Infection Control , volume 34 , issue 4 . This article examines the level of confidence and the reasons behind the state of confidence in

controlling the 2003 severe acute syndrome (SARS ) epidemic among nurses in Taiwan Hsu et al (2003 ) identify that the level of confidence depended on how serious the epidemic was perceived , daily reporting of the epidemic as well as the number of infected persons in a particular community

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Public health nurses in Taiwan have portrayed professional confidence in the past as evidenced by their participation in eradicating malaria and implementing contraception policies . Nevertheless , the 2003 SARS epidemic met the nurses unprepared thus their professional confidence was at task . This was more so in ensuring that the home quarantine policy instituted by the National department of Health was successful yet health center nurses were not involved in coming up with the policy With public health nurses being in contact with SARS infected patients and SARS suspected cases , most of them were greatly challenged since they lack the experience to handle the outbreak . In this study , Hsu and colleagues (2006 ) identified that a great majority of...