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The volunteer potential of inactive nurses for disaster preparedness
Alice Fothergill1, Mary Val Palumbo, Betty Rambur
1Department of Sociology, 31 South Prospect Street, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405-0176, USA. alice.fothergill@uvm.edu
Objectives:
Inactive nurses' interest in volunteering for emergency preparedness was examined.
Methods:
A mail survey was sent to the entire Vermont Board of Nursing list of in-state inactive and lapsed registered nurses (n = 3,682). A high rate of undeliverable surveys (60%) was found and 611 surveys were returned for a 20% response rate.
Results:
Twenty-seven percent of the respondents were interested in volunteering. Those interested in participating in volunteer work as part of a national homeland security effort were significantly more likely to (a) be younger in age (p < 0.0001); (b) identify themselves as "being a nurse" (p = 0.001); (c) be employed versus retired (p = 0.002); and (d) be currently volunteers (p = 0.001).
Conclusions:
Because 33% of the nation's nurses are over age 50, inactive nurses offer a potentially large pool of volunteers for emergency preparedness training and response in the years to come.
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