What is it about?

Disaster response is important in overcoming with this public health problem and can be enhanced by disaster preparedness. this study conducted to determine disaster preparedness of senior class undergraduate nursing students, low percentages and insufficient statements show low preparedness for disasters.

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Why is it important?

Percentage of the students considering the disaster nursing training as “inefficient” and “partly efficient”, it can be suggested that there is a need to improve disaster-nursing content of the curriculum. Schools of nursing and nursing faculty play critical roles in preparing nurses for emergency preparedness and response.

Perspectives

Curriculum development or redesign is necessary to include content and clinical experiences related to disasters. In addition, further researches are needed to adequately address this issue.

Professor Nurhan Bayraktar
Zirve University

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This page is a summary of: Senior Undergraduate Nursing Students’ Perceptions of Disaster Preparedness: A Descriptive Study, Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, April 2016, Cambridge University Press,
DOI: 10.1017/dmp.2016.9.
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