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Expanding Opportunities in Emergency Preparedness Through Mutually Beneficial Community Partnerships
1College of New Jersey, Ewing, New Jersey.
The Journal of Nursing Education
|May 16, 2025
Summary
Nursing students gained valuable emergency preparedness skills through Medical Reserve Corps training and a community-wide simulation. This hands-on experience enhanced their readiness for real-world disaster response scenarios.
Area of Science:
- Emergency preparedness and response
- Nursing education innovation
Background:
- Increasing frequency of large-scale disasters necessitates enhanced nursing competencies.
- Nursing schools must adopt innovative strategies to develop disaster response skills.
Purpose of the Study:
- To train nursing students for active roles in emergency management.
- To provide practical experience in disaster response through simulation.
Main Methods:
- Training junior nursing students for the Medical Reserve Corps.
- Conducting a community-wide simulated emergency event for student participation.
Main Results:
- Students reported positive feedback and enthusiasm for community involvement.
- Participant evaluation included surveys and structured debriefing sessions.
Conclusions:
- The project successfully bridged classroom learning with practical application for nursing students.
- Strengthened community partnerships for the nursing school were achieved.
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