Partnering to Prepare: An Academic/Workforce Collaboration to Develop Disaster Shelter Training for Nurses

• 2023

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• Sahar Nouredini; Katherine Holbrook; Zerlyn Ladua
PMID: 36519958DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/phn.13157

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This article describes a partnership between health departments and a university in California to train public health nurses for disaster shelters. Due to more frequent wildfires, there's an increased need for shelters with complex medical care. Public health nurses often lack recent experience in direct patient care, so the training aims to prepare them better. The collaboration shows how academic institutions can help local health departments improve disaster response plans. By providing additional training, public health nurses can enhance their ability to respond effectively during disasters and support community needs in emergency situations.

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Focus Area: Natural Disasters

Audiences: Emergency Managers; Nurses; Public Health Professionals

Emergency Management Stage: Preparedness (Prevention / Protection)

Collection: Disaster Research Literature Review

Keywords: California; Disaster Planning; Disasters; Interinstitutional Relations; Nurses, Public Health; Public Health Nursing; Schools; Universities; Community Networks; Wildfires; Emergency Shelter

Institutions: California State University East Bay; University of California San Francisco

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