Disaster Preparedness for Nurses: A Teaching Guide

As one of the largest groups of health care providers in the United States, nurses are trained to attend to the physical, psychological, and spiritual needs of their patients, making them highly qualified to influence the outcomes of victims of an emergency situation. Unfortunately, nursing programs...

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Published inThe Journal of continuing education in nursing Vol. 42; no. 9; pp. 404 - 408
Main Author Tillman, Paula
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States SLACK INCORPORATED 01.09.2011
Subjects
Adult Basic Education
Adult Learning
Adult students
Continuing education
Disaster Planning - methods
Disaster Planning - organization & administration
Earthquakes
Education
Education, Nursing, Continuing - methods
Education, Nursing, Continuing - organization & administration
Education, Nursing, Continuing - standards
Educational Environment
Emergency preparedness
Guidelines as Topic
Humans
Learning Theories
Nurses
Nursing care
Nursing Staff - education
Staff Development - methods
Staff Development - organization & administration
Staff Development - standards
Teaching Methods
Triage - methods
Triage - organization & administration
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Summary:As one of the largest groups of health care providers in the United States, nurses are trained to attend to the physical, psychological, and spiritual needs of their patients, making them highly qualified to influence the outcomes of victims of an emergency situation. Unfortunately, nursing programs offer limited content on delivering care under extreme conditions, and few continuing education programs are available to practicing nurses. This article provides a brief educational presentation that can be used without an extensive time commitment or in-depth instructor knowledge of the subject. The course content has been presented to nurses at the American Red Cross, at local chapter meetings of professional nursing organizations, and to both graduate and undergraduate nursing students. This presentation is not designed to be a comprehensive study of disaster nursing, but serves as a starting point that might lead to further study and encourage active participation in preparedness education and planning.
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ISSN:0022-0124
1938-2472
DOI:10.3928/00220124-20110502-02