Nurses as Leaders in Disaster Preparedness and Response-A Call to Action

• Published in: Journal of nursing scholarship Vol. 48; no. 2; pp. 187 - 200
• Main Authors: Veenema, Tener Goodwin, Griffin, Anne, Gable, Alicia R., MacIntyre, Linda, Simons, RADM Nadine, Couig, Mary Pat, Walsh Jr, John J., Lavin, Roberta Proffitt, Dobalian, Aram, Larson, Elaine
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.03.2016
• Subjects: Competencies; Congresses as Topic; curriculum; disaster; Disaster Planning - organization & administration; education; Emergency preparedness; Emergency Treatment - nursing; Experts; Facilitators; Forecasting; Humans; Labor force; Leadership; Medical education; Medical personnel; Nurse managers; Nurse's Role; Nursing; Nursing administration; policy; Policy making; practice; Preparedness; Professional practice; Public health; public health emergency; scope of practice; United States; Veterans; United States; United States > US; practice; education; preparedness; scope of practice; Competencies; nursing; curriculum; public health emergency; research; disaster; policy

Purpose To develop a vision for the future of disaster nursing, identify barriers and facilitators to achieving the vision, and develop recommendations for nursing practice, education, policy, and research. Design and Methods A series of semistructured conference calls were conducted with 14 nationa...