Disaster preparedness and core competencies among emergency nurses: A cross-sectional study.

Zahra Chegini Morteza Arab-Zozani Edris Kakemam Mojgan Lotfi Afsaneh Nobakht Hanieh Aziz Karkan

Published in: Nursing open (2022)

There are still gaps in disaster preparedness and core competencies for emergency nurses that need to be addressed. Nursing managers must support an improvement in nursing disaster core competencies. This may be done by conducting sessions for routine disaster scenarios and providing formal disaster preparedness training.

Keyphrases

public health
healthcare
global health
mental health
emergency department
climate change
quality improvement
physical activity
infectious diseases
risk factors