Nursing education for disaster preparedness and response
Document Type
Journal Article
Publisher
Slack Incorporated
School
School of Nursing and Midwifery / Nursing, Midwifery and Health Services Research
RAS ID
19409
Abstract
Catastrophic mass casualty events (MCEs), such as pandemic influenza outbreaks, earthquakes, or large-scale terrorism-related events, quickly and suddenly yield thousands of victims whose needs overwhelm local and regional health care systems, personnel, and resources. Such conditions require deploying scarce resources in a manner that is different from the more common multiple casualty event. This article presents issues associated with providing nursing care under MCE circumstances of scarce resources and the educational needs of nurses to prepare them to effectively respond in these emergencies.
DOI
10.3928/00220124-20150126-01
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Comments
Wilkinson, A.M., Matzo, M. (2015). Nursing education for disaster preparedness and response in Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing, 46(2), 65-73. Available here.