TY - JOUR
T1 - Nurses as Leaders in Disaster Preparedness and Response-A Call to Action
AU - Veenema, Tener Goodwin
AU - Griffin, Anne
AU - Gable, Alicia R.
AU - Macintyre, Linda
AU - Simons, Radm Nadine
AU - Couig, Mary Pat
AU - Walsh, John J.
AU - Lavin, Roberta Proffitt
AU - Dobalian, Aram
AU - Larson, Elaine
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Sigma Theta Tau International.
PY - 2016/3/1
Y1 - 2016/3/1
N2 - Purpose: To develop a vision for the future of disaster nursing, identify barriers and facilitators to achieving the vision, and develop recommendations for nursing practice, education, policy, and research. Design and Methods: A series of semistructured conference calls were conducted with 14 national subject matter experts to generate relevant concepts regarding national nursing workforce preparedness. An invitational daylong workshop hosted by the Veterans Emergency Management Evaluation Center, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, was held in December 2014 to expand and refine these concepts. Workshop participants included 70 nurses, emergency managers, and a broad range of public health professionals. Conference call notes and audiotapes of the workshop were transcribed and thematic analysis conducted to outline a vision for the future of nursing in disaster preparedness and response, and to articulate an agenda for nursing practice, education, policy, and research to achieve that vision. Findings: The group developed a vision for the future of disaster nursing, and identified current barriers and opportunities to advance professional disaster nursing. A broad array of recommendations for nursing practice, education, policy, and research, as well as implementation challenges, are summarized in this article. Conclusions: This project represents an important step toward enhancing nurses' roles as leaders, educators, responders, policymakers, and researchers in disaster preparedness and response. Nurses and the health and human service organizations that employ them are encouraged to engage in an expansive national dialogue regarding how to best incorporate the vision and recommendations into their individual lives and the organizations for which they work. Clinical Relevance: Nurses comprise the largest healthcare workforce, and opportunities exist to strengthen disaster readiness, enhance national surge capacity, and build community resiliency to disasters.
AB - Purpose: To develop a vision for the future of disaster nursing, identify barriers and facilitators to achieving the vision, and develop recommendations for nursing practice, education, policy, and research. Design and Methods: A series of semistructured conference calls were conducted with 14 national subject matter experts to generate relevant concepts regarding national nursing workforce preparedness. An invitational daylong workshop hosted by the Veterans Emergency Management Evaluation Center, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, was held in December 2014 to expand and refine these concepts. Workshop participants included 70 nurses, emergency managers, and a broad range of public health professionals. Conference call notes and audiotapes of the workshop were transcribed and thematic analysis conducted to outline a vision for the future of nursing in disaster preparedness and response, and to articulate an agenda for nursing practice, education, policy, and research to achieve that vision. Findings: The group developed a vision for the future of disaster nursing, and identified current barriers and opportunities to advance professional disaster nursing. A broad array of recommendations for nursing practice, education, policy, and research, as well as implementation challenges, are summarized in this article. Conclusions: This project represents an important step toward enhancing nurses' roles as leaders, educators, responders, policymakers, and researchers in disaster preparedness and response. Nurses and the health and human service organizations that employ them are encouraged to engage in an expansive national dialogue regarding how to best incorporate the vision and recommendations into their individual lives and the organizations for which they work. Clinical Relevance: Nurses comprise the largest healthcare workforce, and opportunities exist to strengthen disaster readiness, enhance national surge capacity, and build community resiliency to disasters.
KW - Competencies
KW - Curriculum
KW - Disaster
KW - Education
KW - Nursing
KW - Policy
KW - Practice
KW - Preparedness
KW - Public health emergency
KW - Research
KW - Scope of practice
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U2 - 10.1111/jnu.12198
DO - 10.1111/jnu.12198
M3 - Article
C2 - 26869230
AN - SCOPUS:84960810192
SN - 1527-6546
VL - 48
SP - 187
EP - 200
JO - Journal of Nursing Scholarship
JF - Journal of Nursing Scholarship
IS - 2
ER -