Evaluation of an Australian nursing partnership to improve disaster response capacity

Mitchell, Marion; Mackie, Benjamin R.; Aitken, Leanne M.; McKinnon, Loretta

doi:10.1108/dpm-04-2014-0069

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“…This is consistent with what PAH DRS team members have reported in previous evaluations (Mitchell et al, 2014). Adequate family preparedness is known to influence whether nurses can be successfully deployed .…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 80%

“…These surveys have been used previously (Mitchell et al, 2014) In-depth interviews/focus groups All three areas of staff were asked to outline what they felt were the positive and negative aspects of the partnership and to raise any suggestions for improvement. Staff at the executive level were asked some unique questions about the objectives of the partnership and whether these were met, namely whether DSRT nurses were sufficiently prepared and available when needed.…”

Section: Surveysmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…That is, the PAH nurses were to provide a 'back-fill' function at the RDH and are termed in this paper Disaster Support Response Team (DSRT) members. This partnership was evaluated six months after its commencement and has been reported previously (Mitchell et al, 2014).The current study reports on the entire four years of the project during which time 104 PAH nurses went to RDH to work in their respective unit for familiarisation and orientation purposes.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Enhancing disaster preparedness of specialty nurses on a national scale

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McKinnon

Aitken

et al. 2016

Disaster Prevention and Management

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This is the accepted version of the paper.This version of the publication may differ from the final published version. 2 Permanent repository link Abstract PurposeThe number of disasters has increased by 30% worldwide in the past 30 years. Nurses constitute the largest clinical group within a hospital and their ability to respond to disasters is crucial to the provision of quality patient care. The aim of this study was to evaluate a fouryear disaster preparedness partnership between two tertiary hospitals from the perspective of specialist nurses, senior clinical managers and executive staff. The national disaster response centre was situated in one hospital and the other hospital was located 3,500 km away. DesignThe intervention involved selected nurses working at the partner hospital to enable familiarisation with policies, procedures and layout in the event of a request for back-up in the setting of a national disaster. A mixed-methods design was used to elicit the strengths and limitations of the partnership. Data were collected through surveys, in-depth interviews and focus groups. FindingsSixty-seven participants provided evaluations including 38 nurses from the Disaster Support Response Team; 17 clinical management nurses and 10 executive staff. Improvements in some aspects of communication were recommended. The successful recruitment of highly skilled and committed nurses was a strength. A disaster exercise resulted in 79% of nurses contacted, able and willing to go immediately to the partner hospital for up to 14 days.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Enhancing disaster preparedness of specialty nurses on a national scale

Mitchell

McKinnon

Aitken

et al. 2016

Disaster Prevention and Management

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“…26,27 The representativeness of the sample for greater populations may warrant a separate study with a higher sample size and a higher response rate, which may be achieved by a different mode of data collection, such as stratified sampling. Moreover, prior studies such as those by Mitchell et al 28 and Arbon et al 29 have noted the importance of family commitments, such as comfort of family, which are beyond family safety; future studies can consider family concerns more broadly to consider these factors. Other limitations that are more difficult to address are the impact of previous disaster experience on willingness to work and the potential differences between hypothetical behavior (as measured in this study) and actual behavior in a disaster situation.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 96%