Perceptions of knowledge of disaster management among military and civilian nurses in Saudi Arabia

Thobaity, Abdulellah Al; Plummer, Virginia; Innes, Kelli; Copnell, Beverley

doi:10.1016/j.aenj.2015.03.001

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“…[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25] Nurses must know the relevant disaster emergency plan to be familiar with and recognise their role when an event requires them to respond. [9,10,14,16,24] A clear disaster plan will inform nurses of their chain of command. Hammad et al [16] found that nurses were confused about their role in disaster planning.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Yet, gaps in knowledge were found when investigating the education and training of nurses in these specific areas. [9,19] Al-Khalaileh et al, [9] Al-Thobaity et al [10] and Usher et al [22] showed that nurses were poorly prepared for biological threats. The respondents in these three studies reported that they were willing to attend education and training sessions on disasters.…”

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Emergency nurses’ preparedness for disaster in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Alshehri

2016

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Background and objective: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has recently faced many man-made and natural disasters. Since disaster victims are transferred to hospitals, nurses are among the first health care providers to respond to an emergency. Therefore, to improve disaster management it is essential to examine the current state of nurses' preparedness. The aim of the study was attempts to determine the disaster preparedness of emergency nurses in Saudi Arabia. Methods: The study data were collected using two survey tools from the research literature, and 72 participants were recruited from two government hospitals in Riyadh. The response rate was 31.7%. Results: The study revealed that most nurses understood their roles after reading the disaster plan. Although half of the respondents had completed training in the previous 12 months, only 60% answered the item related to confidence after training. There was a significant difference between the confidence of those who had participated in a disaster or mass casualties training program and that of those who had not. Only 26% answered the item related to confidence after being involved in a real disaster, and no significant difference was found between the confidence of those who had attended a real disaster or mass casualties event and that of those who had not. Conclusions: The study found that respondents had minimal and limited disaster experience, as reflected in their low levels of confidence after being involved in real disaster events. This highlights the need for continued efforts to expand disaster training and ensure that nurses are appropriately prepared.

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Emergency nurses’ preparedness for disaster in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Alshehri

2016

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“…Many international studies have recommended training and education related to disasters in order to increase the level of disaster awareness among nurses and prepare them to respond disaster events effectively. [17,26,28,31] Nearly half of the respondents in this study did not perceive that they were prepared to respond to a future disaster. Nepal as well as other developing countries has obtained disaster training with the assistance from both national and international organi-zations.…”

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confidence: 82%

“…Since the preparedness to participate in disaster activities plays a greater role in enhancing the knowledge of nurses on disasters. [26] However, only 14% and 12% of RNs in this study often read books and surfed the internet to gain knowledge related to disasters in order to prepare themselves for the disaster. So, the necessary skills to seek information related to a disaster may be required which is similar to the previous studies in terms of insufficient or moderate level of knowledge related to preparedness of different types of disaster.…”

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confidence: 87%

“…[17] In contrast to previous studies on nurses' disaster knowledge in Jordan and Israel, it was found that government hospital nurses had lower levels of knowledge than nursing staff in military and university hospitals. [17,26] The reason behind the contrast in findings may be from the frequent training required by health care policy targeted at military hospitals. This might be different from the Nepalese context which targets government hospitals.…”

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Disaster nursing knowledge in earthquake response and relief among Nepalese nurses working in government and non-government sector

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Songwathana

Sae-Sia

2016

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Background: Recently, the disasters in Nepal as elsewhere has caused a large number of deaths, injury and left hundreds of thousands of people homeless. It has also alerted all nurses to be prepared with adequate knowledge in order to respond to a disaster event effectively. This descriptive study aimed to describe and compare the level of knowledge in an earthquake disaster among Nepalese nurses working in government and non-government hospitals. Methods: Three hundred working registered nurses (RNs) were randomly selected from fourteen government and four nongovernmental hospitals located in different parts of Nepal. Nurses' knowledge in earthquake disaster was obtained through self-reported questionnaires. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used for data analysis. Results: The majority of the RNs worked in government hospitals (63.2%), more than half (59%) of the respondents had diploma level of education with the majority (66.3%) of them working in a hospital for less than six years. Two thirds (78%) had never attended disaster training drills and nearly half (47.7%) of the RNs determined that they themselves were not ready to face a future disaster. The knowledge of the RNs regarding earthquake disaster was at a moderate level (70.07 ± 10.01). The lowest score of nurses' knowledge was related to assessment and triage in earthquake disaster response. Nurses working in governmental hospitals have a higher mean score of knowledge than those working in non-governmental hospitals (P < .05). Conclusion: A disaster nursing training course should be provided for nurses particularly in non-governmental hospitals who had never received disaster training which will improve their knowledge in order to respond to future disasters.

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