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  • Disaster Response

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  • Healthcare systems require robust emergency preparedness and response capabilities.
  • Nursing staff play a critical role in managing large-scale emergencies.
  • Existing knowledge gaps among nurses necessitate targeted educational interventions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To assess the level of emergency preparedness and response knowledge among nursing staff.
  • To identify specific domains impacting nurses' familiarity with disaster response.
  • To provide data supporting the development of focused nursing education programs.

Main Methods:

  • A cross-sectional, quantitative, descriptive, correlational quality improvement study.
  • Convenience sample of 5,172 currently employed nurses across a Midwest healthcare system.
  • Logistic ordinal regression analysis to determine factors influencing familiarity scores.

Main Results:

  • 78.45% of nursing staff reported little or no familiarity with their role in disaster response.
  • Six focused education domains significantly impacted overall familiarity with emergency response.
  • Statistical significance (p < 0.0001 - p = 0.0195) was found for identified domains.

Conclusions:

  • Study findings underscore a significant deficit in nursing staff's emergency preparedness knowledge.
  • There is a clear need for enhanced academic and institutional education in nursing emergency preparedness and response.
  • Targeted educational initiatives are crucial to improve nursing readiness for large-scale incidents.