Practice, Training Need of Disaster Preparedness and Associated Factors in Nursing Staffs Working at Emergency Department, Amahra Regional State Referral Hospitals, Ethiopia, 2020G.C. A Hospital Based Cross Sectional Study 

Abstract

Background: Globally disasters are increasing at alarming rate that leads giving training and making preparing frontline emergency department nurses an important issue. Although disasters are manageable and preventable they are still considered as a major public health issues. Methods: Hospital based cross sectional study used to come up with the findings. All emergency department working nurses from the region referral hospitals were assumed as study subjects. The disaster information on respondents was gathered with self-administered written questionnaires. Data entry and coding was made by using epidata software manager v4.6.0.2 and further exported to spss version 26 for further analysis. Result: In our study finding most participants were males 68(66.7%). In addition mean age of data respondents were 31.2±5.8. It is found that 25(24.5%) of participants have adequate practice on the contrary 75(75.5%) of respondents have inadequate practice. Also, 40(39.2%) respondents need training on first aid and treatment principles, 37(36.3%) need training on disaster preparedness and 31(30.4%) need training on basic principles of disaster response. In multivariate analysis variables with practice of disaster preparedness are training performed in a hospital set up {P value= 0.047, OR: 0.282, 95%CI: (0.081-0.985)} and simulation done in hospital {P value= 0.002, OR: 0.071, 95%CI: (0.055-0.530)} were significantly associated. Conclusions: Skill level of emergency department nurses with regard to disaster preparedness is inadequate so that training supported with drills & simulation and education are mandatory.