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...
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| description | 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 present study was conducted to analyze the concept and provide a practical definition for emergency and disaster preparedness in nurses.
Materialsand Methods: The eight-step Walker and Avant s approach was used to clarify the concept of disaster preparedness in nurses. A total of 40 articles selected on the subject through an extensive review of literature up to 2013 were analyzed and the relevant definitions, applications, attributes, antecedents, consequences and empirical referents were extracted.
Results: According to the analysis conducted, the concept attributes include gaining the disaster knowledge and management capability, response planning strategies, response behavior exercises and the evaluation of the knowledge level and the response program content. Improved knowledge and skills, professional accountability, more comprehensive programs and more accurate response behaviors were found to be the outcomes of disaster preparedness in nurses.
Conclusion: According to the present study, disaster preparedness in nurses refers to the knowledge, skills, abilities and comprehensive functions required for responding to natural or man-made events and disasters. Nurses preparedness in disasters refers to a process in which nurses involve to properly prepare and effectively respond to emergencies and disasters. Given the wide range of the concept, further studies are recommended |
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| spelling | doaj-art-7f982045fef4432ba8a3cf5734bc23da2025-08-20T02:56:34ZengGuilan University of Medical SciencesJournal of Holistic Nursing and Midwifery2588-37122588-37202017-04-012713543Emergency and Disaster Preparedness in Nurses: A Concept AnalysisSeyedehNegar Pourvakhshoori0Hamid Reza Khankeh1Farahnaz Mohammadi2 Social Determinants of Health Research Center (SDHRC), Bio-Statistics, Associate Professor, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran Research Center in Emergency & Disaster Health, Professor, Department of Nursing, University of Social Welfare and Sciences, Tehran, Iran Social Determinants of Health Research Center (SDHRC), Assistant Professor, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran 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 present study was conducted to analyze the concept and provide a practical definition for emergency and disaster preparedness in nurses. Materialsand Methods: The eight-step Walker and Avant s approach was used to clarify the concept of disaster preparedness in nurses. A total of 40 articles selected on the subject through an extensive review of literature up to 2013 were analyzed and the relevant definitions, applications, attributes, antecedents, consequences and empirical referents were extracted. Results: According to the analysis conducted, the concept attributes include gaining the disaster knowledge and management capability, response planning strategies, response behavior exercises and the evaluation of the knowledge level and the response program content. Improved knowledge and skills, professional accountability, more comprehensive programs and more accurate response behaviors were found to be the outcomes of disaster preparedness in nurses. Conclusion: According to the present study, disaster preparedness in nurses refers to the knowledge, skills, abilities and comprehensive functions required for responding to natural or man-made events and disasters. Nurses preparedness in disasters refers to a process in which nurses involve to properly prepare and effectively respond to emergencies and disasters. Given the wide range of the concept, further studies are recommendedhttp://hnmj.gums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-52-2&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Breast Feeding Self Efficacy Mothers |
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