Strengthening and preparing: Enhancing nursing research for disaster management

Usher, Kim; Redman-MacLaren, Michelle; Mills, Jane; West, Caryn; Casella, Evan; Hapsari, Elsi Dwi; Bonita, Sheila; Rosaldo, Rommel; Liswar, Amelia K; Zang, Yuli

doi:10.1016/j.nepr.2014.03.006

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“…To achieve this goal, APEDNN has worked with partner organizations to increase the research capacity of their members. James Cook University's World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Center (Cairns, Queensland, Australia), with funding from AusAID, hosted a three week research capacity‐building course in Cairns, Australia in 2012 (Usher et al ., 2015). One outcome of the course was a jointly‐developed research proposal that members conducted upon return to their home country.…”

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Cross‐sectional survey of the disaster preparedness of nurses across the Asia–Pacific region

Usher

Mills

West

et al. 2015

Nursing & Health Sciences

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Healthcare workers who have received disaster preparedness education are more likely to report a greater understanding of disaster preparedness. However, research indicates that current nursing curricula do not adequately prepare nurses to respond to disasters. This is the first study to assess Asia-Pacific nurses' perceptions about their level of disaster knowledge, skills, and preparedness. A cross-sectional survey was conducted with 757 hospital and community nurses in seven Asia-Pacific countries. Data were collected using the modified Disaster Preparedness Evaluation Tool. Participants were found to have overall low-to-moderate levels of disaster knowledge, skills and preparedness, wherein important gaps were identified. A majority of the variance in disaster preparedness scores was located at the level of the individual respondent, not linked to countries or institutions. Multilevel random effects modelling identified disaster experience and education as significant factors of positive perceptions of disaster knowledge, skills, and management. The first step toward disaster preparedness is to ensure frontline health workers are able to respond effectively to disaster events. The outcomes of this study have important policy and education implications.

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Cross‐sectional survey of the disaster preparedness of nurses across the Asia–Pacific region

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Mills

West

et al. 2015

Nursing & Health Sciences

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“…The Norwegian NF report [11] also shows that a little more, 3,09%, have competence in crises/disaster work from postgraduate education. Whilst there is an apparent need for disaster related topics in Norwegian nurses' education, this need for implementing disaster nursing topics is also proposed by several international nursing groups [10,17,19,27,29,30]. A way forward in Norway could be to introduce Disaster Nursing topics within the Norwegian National Framework so that Nurses in general would have an understanding and background in Disaster Nursing.…”

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Disaster nursing: Looking to the future in Norway

Holdø¹,

Miles²,

Hartwell³

2017

Int. J. SAFE

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Health resilience is an integral part of disaster management and lies at the nexus between this and public health considerations. As the largest group of professionals worldwide, nurses face continual challenges in further developing their competences in disaster response and recovery. This paper investigates the trajectory, role and future expectations of the Norwegian nursing profession in health emergency and disaster planning, and offers a future research agenda for those interested in investigating the complex inter-relationship between disaster management and nursing. The paper seeks to respond to observations made in a recent Norwegian report (2013) on behalf of the Norwegian nursing association that highlights the need to investigate nurses' knowledge in relation to emergency/disaster plans especially in the community health care system. The paper will explore the conceptual nuances between emergencies and disasters and then comments upon supplementary observations of the need for identifying disaster nursing practices and training programs to prepare nurses. By taking this approach, the paper also seeks to provide insights into how future demands of improving nurses´ capacities or implementation as leaders in disaster management -as highlighted by several International studies. In addition, by offering a future research agenda, the intention is that this may contribute to exploration of the role of nursing in handling long-term implications of disaster management.

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“…China, Japan, Taiwan, Iran, and many other countries have identified similar issues related to the identification of appropriate disaster nursing competencies and the challenges with implementation of effective education and training programs to prepare their nursing workforce (Bahrami et al., ; Chan et al., ; Yamamoto, ; Yan et al, ). Capacity for crisis nursing leadership during U.S. and international disaster events (Danna, Bernard, Schaubhut, & Matthews, ; Johnson, ; Samuel, Griffin, White, & Fitzpatrick, ) and evidence‐based disaster management (Usher et al., ) warrants further exploration.…”

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Nurses as Leaders in Disaster Preparedness and Response—A Call to Action

Veenema

Griffin

Gable

et al. 2016

J of Nursing Scholarship

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Purpose: To develop a vision for the future of disaster nursing, identify barriers and facilitators to achieving the vision, and develop recommendations for nursing practice, education, policy, and research. Design and Methods: A series of semistructured conference calls were conducted with 14 national subject matter experts to generate relevant concepts regarding national nursing workforce preparedness. An invitational daylong workshop hosted by the Veterans Emergency Management Evaluation Center, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, was held in December 2014 to expand and refine these concepts. Workshop participants included 70 nurses, emergency managers, and a broad range of public health professionals. Conference call notes and audiotapes of the workshop were transcribed and thematic analysis conducted to outline a vision for the future of nursing in disaster preparedness and response, and to articulate an agenda for nursing practice, education, policy, and research to achieve that vision. Findings: The group developed a vision for the future of disaster nursing, and identified current barriers and opportunities to advance professional disaster nursing. A broad array of recommendations for nursing practice, education, policy, and research, as well as implementation challenges, are summarized in this article. Conclusions: This project represents an important step toward enhancing nurses' roles as leaders, educators, responders, policymakers, and researchers in disaster preparedness and response. Nurses and the health and human service organizations that employ them are encouraged to engage in an

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Strengthening and preparing: Enhancing nursing research for disaster management

Cited by 23 publications

References 22 publications

Cross‐sectional survey of the disaster preparedness of nurses across the Asia–Pacific region

Cross‐sectional survey of the disaster preparedness of nurses across the Asia–Pacific region

Disaster nursing: Looking to the future in Norway

Nurses as Leaders in Disaster Preparedness and Response—A Call to Action

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