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Prepared to Respond? Exploring Personal Disaster Preparedness and Nursing Staff Response to Disasters
Lavonne M Adams1, Joyce Melius2
1Texas Christian University Harris College of Nursing & Health Sciences, Fort Worth, Texas.
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness
|May 8, 2020
Summary
Most nurses are able and willing to respond during disasters, but personal preparedness varies. Barriers exist, and more research is needed to ensure nursing staff availability for disaster response.
Area of Science:
- Healthcare preparedness
- Nursing workforce resilience
- Disaster response
Background:
- Effective disaster response relies on healthcare personnel availability.
- Understanding nursing staff's disaster preparedness is crucial for healthcare system resilience.
- This study addresses the gap in knowledge regarding nurses' personal disaster preparedness and response capabilities.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore personal disaster preparedness among nursing staff.
- To assess nurses' ability and willingness to respond post-disaster.
- To identify factors influencing nurses' disaster response.
Main Methods:
- A pilot study surveyed 91 nurses from a single hospital.
- Nurses rated their ability and willingness to work during disaster scenarios.
- Preparedness activities and statistical analyses were conducted using Minitab 17.
Main Results:
- The majority of nurses felt able and willing to report to work during disasters.
- Personal disaster preparedness activities were pursued by a minority of nurses.
- Few disaster scenarios showed a significant link between preparedness activities and response ability/willingness.
Conclusions:
- Nurses are generally willing to respond but face personal barriers.
- Preparedness activities showed limited correlation with reported ability or willingness to respond.
- Further research should focus on mitigating barriers to nursing staff surge capacity during disasters.
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