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  • Nursing Education
  • Emergency Preparedness
  • Disaster Response

Background:

  • Healthcare systems require robust emergency preparedness.
  • Nursing staff are crucial in disaster response.
  • Existing knowledge gaps necessitate targeted education.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To assess nursing staff familiarity with emergency preparedness and response.
  • To identify factors influencing emergency response knowledge.
  • To provide data supporting enhanced nursing education.

Main Methods:

  • Cross-sectional, quantitative, descriptive, correlational quality improvement study.
  • Convenience sample of 5,172 nurses across a Midwest healthcare system.
  • Logistic ordinal regression analysis to determine impact of domains on familiarity.

Main Results:

  • 78.45% of nursing staff reported little or no familiarity with disaster response roles.
  • Six focused education domains significantly impacted overall familiarity scores (p < 0.0001 - p = 0.0195).
  • Identified specific areas requiring educational intervention.

Conclusions:

  • Study findings underscore a significant need for improved nursing education in emergency preparedness and response.
  • Results support the development of academic and institutional training programs.
  • Addressing knowledge deficits is essential for effective disaster response by nursing staff.