Chinese nurses' experience in the Wenchuan earthquake relief

Yang, Yunan; Xiao, Lily Dongxia; Cheng, Hong-ying; Jing-ci, Zhu; Arbon, Paul

doi:10.1111/j.1466-7657.2009.00795.x

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“…All indicated that they lacked relevant disaster knowledge and skills, and prior disaster experiences, but they made great efforts to help victims in the face of adversity, even though some had ethical and professional conflicts. These findings are similar to Yang et al (2010), who also explored the experience of nurses in the Wenchuan Earthquake.…”

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Chinese nurses' relief experiences following two earthquakes: Implications for disaster education and policy development

Zhou

Turale

Stone

et al. 2015

Nurse Education in Practice

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confidence: 86%

“…Nurses, the largest group of health care workers globally, play a key role in disaster relief (Yang et al, 2010). As frontline health care providers, in first responding they work in on-site coordination of care, provide care and information, and are educators, mental health counselors, or triage officers (Chan et al, 2010).…”

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confidence: 99%

Chinese nurses' relief experiences following two earthquakes: Implications for disaster education and policy development

Zhou

Turale

Stone

et al. 2015

Nurse Education in Practice

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“…compassion, adaptability, critical thinking and organizational ability), and possess a comprehensive range of clinical skills and knowledge across domains of acute care, public health, advocacy, community resources and mental health. There is evidence in the literature that registered nurses hold similar notions of the roles and responsibilities of disaster nurses to those held by participants in this research (Al Khalaileh, Bond, & Alasad, 2012;American Nurses Association, 2008;Arbon, Bobrowski, Zeit, Hooper, Williams, & Thitchener, 2006;Fung, Loke, & Lai, 2008;Ireland, Ea, Kontzamanis, & Michel, 2006;JenningsSanders et al, 2005;Nasrabadi, Naji, Mirzabeigi, & Dadbakhs, 2007;Slepski, 2007;Tichy, Bond, Beckstrand, & Heise, 2009;Tillman, 2011;Usher, 2010;Yang, Xiao, Cheng, Zhu, & Arbon, 2010). Conversely, the literature reporting on nursing undergraduates found that few respondents identified clinical roles for disaster nurses, a finding at odds with those of this study (Jennings-Sanders et al, 2005).…”

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An exploration of perceptions of disaster nursing and disaster preparedness among Australian nursing undergraduates

Peoples

Gebbie

Hutton

2016

Health Emergency and Disaster Nursing

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The primary aim of this pilot study was to explore perceptions of disaster nursing and disaster preparedness among Australian nursing undergraduates, including their definitions of disaster, disaster nursing and disaster preparedness. The study also aimed to gain an increased understanding of what Australian nursing undergraduates might see as their role in disaster situations. A naturalistic, qualitative approach was selected for this study. An exploratory, instrumental single case study design was determined to be the most effective research methodology for exploring this issue. Methods: Data collection occurred via focus groups from a purposive, homogenous segmented sample. Participants were enrolled in the Bachelor of Nursing (pre-registration) at a School of Nursing and Midwifery at an Adelaide University. The data were thematically analysed. Results: Four main themes were identified; 'ideology of disaster', 'what is disaster nursing', 'what is disaster preparedness' and 'do nursing undergraduates have a role to play in disaster response?' Conclusions: Three recommendations are made. The first is to increase nursing undergraduates' knowledge of disaster nursing and disaster preparedness as part of their Bachelor of Nursing (BN) degree. The second is the establishment of agreements between schools of nursing and community organisations to facilitate nursing undergraduates' engagement in the disaster response space. The third suggests ways to link nursing undergraduates with volunteer opportunities in order to increase their understanding of disaster preparedness and planning. This study found that the nursing undergraduates were not prepared to respond in a disaster setting, which may compromise their ability to respond should the need arise.

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“…[8] In addition, studies have explored the nurses' knowledge specific to one phase (preparedness phase) and a disaster in general. [17,18] A developing country like Nepal, which has been hit by the earthquakes frequently, should have well prepared nurses in order to respond to a disaster effectively.…”

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“…[8,9] International Council for Nurses (ICN) disaster nursing alerts all nurses to be prepared with adequate knowledge in order to respond to disaster events effectively. [10] Lack of knowledge regarding nursing care during response and recovery (creates a perplexing environment where the nurses have to cope with limited resources).…”

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Disaster nursing knowledge in earthquake response and relief among Nepalese nurses working in government and non-government sector

Basnet

Songwathana

Sae-Sia

2016

JNEP

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Background: Recently, the disasters in Nepal as elsewhere has caused a large number of deaths, injury and left hundreds of thousands of people homeless. It has also alerted all nurses to be prepared with adequate knowledge in order to respond to a disaster event effectively. This descriptive study aimed to describe and compare the level of knowledge in an earthquake disaster among Nepalese nurses working in government and non-government hospitals. Methods: Three hundred working registered nurses (RNs) were randomly selected from fourteen government and four nongovernmental hospitals located in different parts of Nepal. Nurses' knowledge in earthquake disaster was obtained through self-reported questionnaires. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used for data analysis. Results: The majority of the RNs worked in government hospitals (63.2%), more than half (59%) of the respondents had diploma level of education with the majority (66.3%) of them working in a hospital for less than six years. Two thirds (78%) had never attended disaster training drills and nearly half (47.7%) of the RNs determined that they themselves were not ready to face a future disaster. The knowledge of the RNs regarding earthquake disaster was at a moderate level (70.07 ± 10.01). The lowest score of nurses' knowledge was related to assessment and triage in earthquake disaster response. Nurses working in governmental hospitals have a higher mean score of knowledge than those working in non-governmental hospitals (P < .05). Conclusion: A disaster nursing training course should be provided for nurses particularly in non-governmental hospitals who had never received disaster training which will improve their knowledge in order to respond to future disasters.

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Chinese nurses' experience in the Wenchuan earthquake relief

Cited by 80 publications

References 16 publications

Chinese nurses' relief experiences following two earthquakes: Implications for disaster education and policy development

Chinese nurses' relief experiences following two earthquakes: Implications for disaster education and policy development

An exploration of perceptions of disaster nursing and disaster preparedness among Australian nursing undergraduates

Disaster nursing knowledge in earthquake response and relief among Nepalese nurses working in government and non-government sector

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