Neonatal Nursing Care Issues Following a Natural Disaster: Lessons Learned from the Katrina Experience

• 2008

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• Susan Orlando; Marirose Bernard; Pamela Mathews
PMID: 18496075DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/01.jpn.0000319102.20593.12

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This article discusses the lessons learned by neonatal nurses from a massive evacuation of sick and at-risk infants in a metropolitan area after a natural disaster. It emphasizes the importance of planning, education, and disaster training for nurses. The need for unit-specific disaster plans, adapting neonatal care during disasters, and supporting high-risk infants without technology is highlighted. Communication, transportation facilitation, and considering nurses' well-being post-disaster are crucial. The article draws insights from the experiences of New Orleans neonatal units during Hurricane Katrina, stressing the significance of incorporating past lessons into future disaster preparedness for neonatal nurses.

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Focus Area: Natural Disasters

Audience: Nurses

Emergency Management Stages: Response; Recovery

Bundles: Disaster Research Literature Review

Keywords: Disaster Planning; Disasters; Infant Care; Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; Intensive Care, Neonatal; Louisiana; Natural Disasters; Nurses; Transportation of Patients; Neonatal Nursing; Nurses, Neonatal

Institutions: Louisiana State University (LSU) Health New Orleans

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