Pediatric Disaster Simulation in Graduate and Undergraduate Nursing Education

• 2013

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• Elizabeth Austin; Nancy Hannafin; H. Wayne Nelson
PMID: 23376208DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedn.2012.12.004

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This article describes a university's partnership with community agencies to conduct a pediatric disaster simulation on campus. Nursing students cared for many victims in this large-scale exercise. A graduate student worked with a youth theater group to teach children about disaster preparedness, leading to their involvement in the event. Parents found the experience positive and said their children enjoyed it and would participate again. The exercise aimed to enhance nursing education by providing real-life emergency response practice for both undergraduate and graduate students, involving hundreds of participants from various health care fields.

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Focus Areas: Everyday Emergency; Trauma

Audiences: Emergency Managers; Nurses

Emergency Management Stage: Preparedness (Prevention / Protection)

Bundles: Disaster Research Literature Review

Keywords: Disaster Planning; Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; Education, Nursing, Graduate; Hospitals, University; Nurses; Nursing; Pediatrics; Students, Nursing; Patient Simulation; Total Quality Management; Emergencies; Simulation Training

Institutions: Towson University

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