Disaster Preparedness for Charge Nurses: A Program Evaluation

• 2021

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• Rae Becker; Joan Sevy Majers; Julie Moody
PMID: 33735434DOI: https://doi.org/10.5055/jem.0551

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This article evaluated a disaster preparedness program for charge nurses in a large pediatric hospital. A task force standardized disaster response procedures and developed a tabletop simulation exercise for charge nurses, resulting in improved knowledge, confidence, and effectiveness in disaster preparedness. Participants felt more knowledgeable after the training but wanted more frequent and specific education sessions. The program was successful in boosting disaster preparedness among the nursing staff at the hospital.

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Focus Areas: Natural Disasters; Trauma

Audiences: Emergency Managers; Nurses

Emergency Management Stage: Preparedness (Prevention / Protection)

Bundles: Disaster Research Literature Review

Keywords: Disaster Planning; Education, Nursing, Continuing; Hospitals, Pediatric; Leadership; Nurses; Nursing; Nursing Staff, Hospital; Nursing, Supervisory; Pediatric Nursing; Program Evaluation; Nurses, Pediatric

Institutions: University of Cincinnati; Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

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