Disaster Experience, Perception and Perceived Stress of Nursing Students

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate nursing students' disaster experience, perception and stress. Data were collected from 374 nursing students from three nursing colleges in Seoul with selfreported questionnaires. Analysis was performed by descriptive statistics and t-test. The average score of disaster perception was 3.2 out of 5 points, while disaster stress was 5.7 out of 10 points. There was a significant difference in disaster stress with disaster experience. In conclusion, a program is needed to educate nursing students about management of disaster stress. It is also recommended to establish a curriculum which provides opportunities to learn internationally standardized essential disaster nursing tasks.

Disaster awareness and coping: Impact on stress, anxiety, and depression

“…Although a direct comparison is difficult, the study results are in line with those of an existing study in which participants who were provided with disaster‐related information or education had higher levels of disaster preparedness . However, individuals with longer exposure to news on disaster‐related events reported more stress symptoms . This finding appears to be related to emotional shock resulting from exposure to serious disaster scenes on the news.…”

“…13 However, individuals with longer exposure to news on disaster-related events reported more stress symptoms. 8,24 This finding appears to be related to emotional shock resulting from exposure to serious disaster scenes on the news. Thus, it is important to provide accurate information on disaster events; however, rather than describing events, which increases anxiety, media should instead focus on providing information on prevention and practical response strategies.…”

“…Considering the timing of the data gathering, the 2016 Gyeongju earthquake, with a magnitude of over 5.8, may have had a significant influence. Although stress symptoms tend to decrease over time after a disaster, the significant exposure to news coverage regarding the earthquake may have influenced the results via increasing risk awareness . Since a large‐scale earthquake has never occurred in the Korean peninsula, risk awareness for earthquakes was at an all‐time low, as earthquakes were generally considered to be a problem faced by neighboring Japan; however, tremors from the recent earthquake were felt by people far away from the center, leading to a higher risk awareness.…”

“…Although stress symptoms tend to decrease over time after a disaster, the significant exposure to news coverage regarding the earthquake may have influenced the results via increasing risk awareness. 8,23,24 Since a large-scale earthquake has never occurred in the Korean peninsula, risk awareness for earthquakes was at an all-time low, as earthquakes were generally considered to be a problem faced by neighboring Japan; The risk awareness of natural disasters (1-10) averaged 4.89, and the risk awareness of social disasters (1-10) averaged 6.41. These results suggest that the perception of risk from social disasters was higher.…”

Factors Influencing the Disaster-Incident-Related Shock Experienced by Korean Nursing Students

“…The recently studied prior literature on nursing students in relation to disasters included a study on the degree of disaster nursing awareness of nursing students; disaster nursing competence and self-resilience; disaster preparedness; core performance and educational needs of disaster nursing; and disaster experience, disaster awareness, and stress related to perceived disaster [10,[12][13][14]. The disaster-related education given to nursing students, however, which nursing students consider necessary based on their experience, is very poor.…”