Emergency nurse’s perceptions of hospital facility support and disaster preparedness

Disaster and emergency management: Canadian nurses' perceptions of preparedness on hospital front lines.

INTRODUCTION Three years following the global outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), a national, Web-based survey of Canadian nurses was conducted to assess perceptions of preparedness for disasters and access to support mechanisms, particularly for nurses in emergency and critical care units. HYPOTHESES The following hypotheses were tested: (1) nurses' sense of preparedness fo...

Emergency and Disaster Preparedness in Nurses: A Concept Analysis

Introduction: Given the growing rate of accidents and disasters in the world, preparing nurses as the main group responding to these events is crucial; however, a review of literature suggests no comprehensive and theoretical or practical definitions for this concept in nursing, which has been often misunderstood and used as an alternative to other similar concepts. Objective: The presen...

Emergency Nurses’ Requirements for Disaster Preparedness

BACKGROUND Natural and man-made disasters affect people, communities, and health systems. Nurses play a key role in the health system and must be prepared for appropriate response in disasters. OBJECTIVES This study was done to assess the current knowledge of nurses in emergency departments for disaster preparedness. PATIENTS AND METHODS This cross-sectional study was conducted on 110 emerg...

emergency nurses’ requirements for disaster preparedness

results based on the findings, most of the participants (64.5%) were aged 30 - 39 years old. 84% of the cases were female and 97.3% had a bachelor’s degree. the average perceived knowledge of nurses was 2.43 ± 1.01. the nurses had the highest familiarity with triage and lowest knowledge in epidemiology and decision-making. conclusions lack knowledge of nurses regarding response to disaster situ...

Community emergency/disaster preparedness.