Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response Core Competency Set for Perinatal and Neonatal Nurses

• Published in: Journal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing Vol. 39; no. 4; pp. 450 - 467
• Main Authors: Jorgensen, Anne M., Mendoza, Glenn J., Henderson, Joy L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Malden, USA Elsevier Inc 01.07.2010; Blackwell Publishing Inc; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Clinical Competence; Community Health Planning - organization & administration; Consensus; disaster competencies; Disaster Medicine - education; Disaster Planning - organization & administration; disaster-preparedness; Disasters; Emergency preparedness; Female; Humans; Interdisciplinary Communication; Models, Nursing; neonatal; Neonatal nursing; Neonatal Nursing - organization & administration; Neonatal Nursing - standards; Nurse's Role; Nursing; perinatal; Perinatal care; Perinatal Care - organization & administration; Pregnancy; Risk Management; United States; United States; neonatal; disaster competencies; perinatal; disaster-preparedness
• ISSN: 0884-2175; 1552-6909
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6909.2010.01157.x

A nationally derived consensus-based core competency set provides perinatal and neonatal nurses a template to guide emergency preparedness and disaster response educational and training activities. Moreover, this consensus-based core competency set allows for the identification and incorporation of measurable objectives that address the learning needs of nurses as well as the unique needs of pregnant women, new mothers, and infants during public health emergencies and disaster events.