Relationship Between Nursing Students’ Awareness of Disaster, Preparedness for Disaster, Willingness to Participate in Disaster Response, and Disaster Nursing Competency

Abstract

Objective: This study was conducted to provide basic data for preparing a disaster nursing education program. It examined the degree of nursing students’ disaster awareness, disaster preparedness, willingness to participate in disaster response, and disaster nursing competency, aiming to determine the relationship between these attributes. Methods: This was a descriptive research study. The participants were 163 nursing students. The data collected from the participants were analyzed via descriptive statistics and Pearson’s correlation coefficients. Results: Disaster awareness showed a positive correlation with a willingness to participate in a disaster response. Further, disaster preparedness and willingness to participate in a disaster response showed a positive correlation with disaster nursing capacity. Disaster awareness did not show a significant correlation with disaster preparedness and disaster nursing competency. Last, disaster preparedness did not show a significant correlation with willingness to participate in a disaster response. Conclusions: It is necessary to improve nursing students’ disaster awareness, disaster preparation, disaster response participation willingness, and disaster nursing competency. It is imperative to develop disaster nursing education programs to strengthen students’ capabilities in a comprehensive manner.

Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Training in Disaster Medicine Courses for Students in Nursing: A Scoping Review of Adoptable Tools

“…Nevertheless, there is evidence that most nurses feel not adequately prepared for a disaster in their community [1]. Disaster preparedness is defined as the capacity to adequately plan and react to a major catastrophe that strikes abruptly, with the goal of acting promptly to reduce damage and get both personal and governmental countermeasures ready [5]. To obtain and maintain an adequate level of preparation, staff and nursing students should participate in the creation, evaluation, and simulation of disaster plans as training activities [1].…”

“…For this reason, the recent literature stressed out the significance of disaster preparedness education and the necessity of disaster readiness at individual, family, and nursing curriculum levels for nursing students, together with the willingness to participate in disaster response [5]. In order to achieve this purpose, the best way to develop skills and competencies is through the design of educational training programs that could be ongoing, simple to access, interesting, and realistic, exposing the learner to high-fidelity simulations [1].…”

Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Training in Disaster Medicine Courses for Students in Nursing: A Scoping Review of Adoptable Tools

“…Nevertheless, there is evidence that most nurses do not feel adequately prepared for a disaster in their community [1]. Disaster preparedness is defined as the capacity to adequately plan and react to a major catastrophe that strikes abruptly, with the goal of acting promptly to reduce damage and ensure the readiness of both personal and governmental countermeasures [5]. To obtain and maintain an adequate level of preparation, staff and nursing students should participate in the creation, evaluation, and simulation of disaster plans as training activities [1].…”

“…To obtain and maintain an adequate level of preparation, staff and nursing students should participate in the creation, evaluation, and simulation of disaster plans as training activities [1]. In addition, the training also shows benefits in willingness to participate in disaster response, defined as an individual's voluntary inclination to participate in it [5,6]. In fact, even though nurses play a crucial role in disaster response, not all nurses are willing to take part in it, leading to a shortage of healthcare workers in disaster situations management.…”

“…For this reason, recent literature stressed the significance of disaster preparedness education and the necessity of disaster readiness at individual, family, and nursing curriculum levels for nursing students, together with the willingness to participate in disaster response [5]. In order to achieve this purpose, the best way to develop skills and competencies is through the design of educational training programs that could be ongoing, simple to access, interesting, and realistic, exposing the learner to high-fidelity simulations [1].…”