Organization-based Incident Management: Developing a Disaster Volunteer Role on a University Campus

Fulmer, Terry; Portelli, Ian; Foltin, George L.; Zimmerman, Rae; Chachkes, Esther; Goldfrank, Lewis R.

doi:10.1016/j.dmr.2007.06.001

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“…[17] The need for qualified nurses ready to respond to disasters and to participate in preparedness and disaster recovery activities is well documented and to beat this problem, necessary continuous developing specialized education and training. [2,18] It was recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) that all nations, no matter how frequent or infrequent the happenings, should prepare healthcare workers for a disaster. Nevertheless, most nurses were inadequately prepared for disaster and it is only through education and training can nurses can be equipped with the competencies required during disasters.…”

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The effect of guidance booklet on knowledge and attitudes of nurses regarding disaster preparedness at hospitals

Diab

Mabrouk

2015

JNEP

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Background: Disasters have a potential of producing mass casualties thereby straining the health care systems. This means that hospitals need to be prepared for an unusual increase in workload, hence the importance of hospital disaster preparedness. Aim: The aim of the study to evaluate the effect of a guidance booklet on knowledge and attitude about disaster preparedness among nurses. Methods: Research design: A quasi experimental research design with pre-test post-test time series and follow up assessment. Setting: the study was conducted at University Hospital, in Menoufia Governorate, Egypt. Subjects: The convenience sample, it include all nursing managers (nursing directors and nursing supervisors n = 12), all head nurses (n = 48) and staff nurses (n = 280), available at the time of the study. They have all fulfilled the eligibility criterion of a working experience of not less than one year of the study settings. Tools of data collection: Two tools were used for data collection. Tool one: consists of three parts; part (a) to collect socio-demographics data and part (b) aimed to collect nurses' knowledge about general disaster, classification and disaster preparedness and part (c) aimed to assess the nurses' awareness by hospital disasters on external or internal level. Tool two: Attitudes of nurses towards disaster management plan. Results: The results of this study showed that, majority of nurses scored weak estimation in knowledge, awareness and attitudes level at pre-test measurement. Conversely, lowest percentages had moderate level, and good level of knowledge related to general disaster, while only 12.6% of nurses were satisfactory awareness about hospital disaster preparedness and 37.5% had positive attitude towards disaster management. There was statistically-significant (p < .001). Conclusions: It was concluded that, guidance booklet was successful in achieving significant improvement in nurses' knowledge regarding disaster preparedness which was reflected in improvement and changing their attitude towards disaster. Recommendation: Continued nursing education should be open to all hospital staff according to their needs to increase their awareness about disaster preparedness.

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The effect of guidance booklet on knowledge and attitudes of nurses regarding disaster preparedness at hospitals

Diab

Mabrouk

2015

JNEP

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“…With the technology upgrade, the computer simulation software function will be more powerful, it can be applied to the campus earthquake volunteers' rescue, selection, training, exercises even deployment. What's more, to add more protection for campus safety, colleges can make a connection with the government emergency response system [10]. The campus emergency management volunteers will be a new powerful force of emergency earthquake relief activities in the future if all the colleges take such actions.…”

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The Simulation Analysis on the Scale of University Earthquake Emergency Volunteers

Song

Haihua

Chen

2009

2009 International Conference on Information Management, Innovation Management and Industrial Engineering

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China is a seism black sport. The consequence would be disastrous if the earthquake happens in staffintensive campus. Currently, the personnel of emergency earthquake can't meet the need of our national circumstances. So colleges and universities should abandon the fluke mind and setup an active earthquake emergency volunteer organization. In order to help the university which wants to organize the earthquake emergency volunteers, this paper mainly discussed three aspects: related research on volunteers and the scale, Design and application of simulation module in calculating campus earthquake emergency volunteer-scale, Conclusion and outlook of college earthquake emergency volunteers.

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“…In doctors, nurses, and allied health workers, individual perceived preparedness to respond to a disaster was correlated with prior training [ 50 ]. Finally, one study assessed the role of a volunteer workforce and found that volunteers in private organizations are willing to assist in disasters and have skills they can be used as part of disaster mitigation [ 51 ]. Further, volunteers have little expertise but a strong interest in being trained to contribute during disasters.…”

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Beyond Disaster Preparedness: Building a Resilience-Oriented Workforce for the Future

Madrigano

Chandra

Costigan

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IJERPH

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Enhancing citizens' and communities' resilience is critical to adapt successfully to ongoing challenges faced by communities, as well as acute shocks resulting from disasters. While significant progress has been made in this area, several research and practice gaps remain. A crucial next step to advance resilience is the development of a resilience-oriented workforce. This narrative review examines existing literature to determine key components of a resilience-oriented workforce, with a focus on organizational structures, training and education, and leadership models. Reviewed articles spanned a variety of study types, including needs assessments of existing workforce, program evaluations, and reviews/commentaries. A resilience-oriented workforce spans many disciplines and training programs will need to reflect that. It requires a collaborative organizational model that promotes information sharing structures. Leadership models should foster a balance between workforce autonomy and operation as a collective entity. Optimal strategies to develop a resilience-oriented workforce have yet to be realized and future research will need to collect and synthesize data to promote and evaluate the growth of this field.

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Organization-based Incident Management: Developing a Disaster Volunteer Role on a University Campus

Cited by 16 publications

References 4 publications

The effect of guidance booklet on knowledge and attitudes of nurses regarding disaster preparedness at hospitals

The effect of guidance booklet on knowledge and attitudes of nurses regarding disaster preparedness at hospitals

The Simulation Analysis on the Scale of University Earthquake Emergency Volunteers

Beyond Disaster Preparedness: Building a Resilience-Oriented Workforce for the Future

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