Jordanian nurses’ perceptions of their preparedness for disaster management

Khalaileh, Murad Al; Bond, Elaine; Alasad, Jafar

doi:10.1016/j.ienj.2011.01.001

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“…The research findings indicated that Knowledge, skills, and disaster preparedness need continual reinforcement to improve self efficacy for disaster management and there was a need for a consistent national nursing curriculum for disaster preparedness and nationwide drills to increase disaster knowledge, skills, preparedness, and confidence [20] A comparative study of 4 years undergraduates nursing students' was done to assess the educational needs concerning; disaster preparedness and response in Istanbul and Miyazaki. The study reported that most student nurses had no expectations on skills that could be gained from a disaster preparedness and response course/culture of disaster lecture.…”

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Nurses Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices and Familiarity Regarding Disaster and Emergency Preparedness – Saudi Arabia

Ibrahim¹

2014

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Abstract:The number of reported natural and human-made disasters continues to rise worldwide. Nurses comprise the highest percent of health and medical workforce. Nurses must understand the national disaster management cycle. The present study was aimed to examine nurses' knowledge, attitudes, practices and familiarity regarding disaster and emergency preparedness-Saudi Arabia. Cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted using five tools to obtain data from 252 two registered batches of bridging nurses students. Five tools were demonstrated to collect data about demographic data, questionnaire for knowledge, attitude and practice to measure disaster preparedness and emergency preparedness information questionnaire to measure nurses' familiarity. The study findings revealed that the mean age score was 26.36±1.82 and for the knowledge level was 21.2 ± 6.0. A highly significant difference was found for attitude and practice regarding disaster preparedness as well familiarity concerned emergency preparedness P≤.000. Based on the present study results; lacking of knowledge and practices with acceptable level of attitude regarding disaster preparedness and neutral familiarity with emergency preparedness were concluded. Thus an integration of clearly titled theory and practice teaching courses about disaster and emergency preparedness into nursing curricula are crucial needed and provided in respect to their learning/training preferences. Further, follow up research are necessary for maximizing nursing education and nursing quality in these critical areas applied to healthcare and community setting.

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Nurses Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices and Familiarity Regarding Disaster and Emergency Preparedness – Saudi Arabia

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2014

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“…Education and training are recommended methods to improve the preparedness of nurses and other health workers to cope with incidents and disasters. Studies have shown that most nurses are not even aware of a risk management protocol at their workplace [15]. Study results also showed that about two-thirds of nurses in Jordan were not prepared to deal with incidents and disasters [16].…”

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The Effect of the Implementation of the National Program for Hospital Preparedness on the Readiness of Nurses Under Simulated Conditions of Incidents and Disasters

Yousefi

Khankeh

Akbari

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Background: Nurses are the largest group of health care providers to the injured people and promoting their preparedness is among the basic principles of health management in incidents and disasters. This study was conducted to investigate the effect of the implementation of the national program for hospital preparedness on the readiness of nurses under simulated conditions of incidents and disasters. Materials and Methods:This quasi-experimental study with pretest-posttest design was conducted on the head nurses of Madaen Hospital in Tehran who were selected by total count sampling method. To collect data, demographic and disaster preparedness and response questionnaires were used, which consisted of three parts: knowledge, attitude, and performance. The intervention program was conducted in the form of a 2-day workshop of disaster management along with toptable exercise. Then preparedness of nurses were measured before and one month after the intervention. Data analysis was done with SPSS 18 and descriptive and inferential statistical tests were performed. Significant level was considered at less than 0.05.Results: There were no significant differences between the two groups of intervention and control with regard to the average scores of knowledge (P = 0.55), attitude (P = 0.633), and performance (P = 0.836) before the intervention. After the intervention, the average scores of knowledge (P = 0.007), attitude (P = 0.0001), and performance (P = 0.0001) in the intervention group were significantly higher than those of the control group. The results also showed that after the intervention, the average test scores of knowledge (P = 0.009), attitude (P = 0.0001), and performance (P = 0.0001) in the intervention group increased significantly compared to their pretest scores, while the average scores of knowledge (P = 0.170), attitude (P = 0.200), and performance (P = 0.341) for the pretest and posttest of the control group did not differ significantly. Conclusion:The results of this study showed that education of national hospital preparedness program under simulated conditions of incidents and disasters increased knowledge, attitude, and performance (preparation) of nurses in response to the incidents and disasters.

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“…A study was done by moabi to assess HCPs knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding disaster preparedness at Johannesburg hospital in South Africa, 2008 found that HCPs at Johannesburg Hospital were aware of disaster preparedness and management, and they had a positive/good attitude toward disaster management; but their practice was poor and need for improvements especially in regard to ongoing training, performance of drills and the frequency of regular updating of the plans [11]. Jordanian nurses' (general nursing) knowledge, skills, and preparedness toward disaster preparedness were tested from their own perception in a national wide study in 2011; the study found that Jordanian nurses' knowledge, skills, and preparedness toward disaster preparedness need for continuous reinforcement to assure self-efficacy for disaster management [19]. A cross-sectional study was done by Fatma.A to assess Saudi nurses' knowledge, attitude, practice, and familiarity regarding disaster preparedness 2014; she found that Saudi nurses were lacking for knowledge and practice of disaster preparedness, with an acceptable level of attitude and neutral level of familiarity regarding disaster preparedness [13].…”

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Evaluation of a Saudi Major Airport’s Medical Preparedness for Mass Casualty Incident: A Mixed-Methodology Study

Ezreqat

Khan

2017

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Jordanian nurses’ perceptions of their preparedness for disaster management

Cited by 157 publications

References 27 publications

Nurses Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices and Familiarity Regarding Disaster and Emergency Preparedness – Saudi Arabia

Nurses Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices and Familiarity Regarding Disaster and Emergency Preparedness – Saudi Arabia

The Effect of the Implementation of the National Program for Hospital Preparedness on the Readiness of Nurses Under Simulated Conditions of Incidents and Disasters

Evaluation of a Saudi Major Airport’s Medical Preparedness for Mass Casualty Incident: A Mixed-Methodology Study

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