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Culture of Safety and Preparedness: Benefits of Applying a Daily Mitigation Mindset in the Hospital Setting
International journal of environmental research and public health, Vol.21(2), 221
02/13/2024
PMID: 38397710
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Abstract
Utilizing the subjective experience of nurse executives who have supervised nurses during a major disaster in a hospital setting, this study aims to describe the subjective experience of nurse executives (NE) who have supervised nurses' responses to major disasters. This paper will focus on strategies to support nursing response to disasters, specifically to strengthen resiliency and the ability to maintain function despite the shock of a disaster, including those caused by climate change.
Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 11 hospital-based nurse executives who supervised nurses during some of the worst natural and human-made disasters in different regions of the United States. A phenomenological approach was used to analyze and describe emerging themes from the qualitative data.
Three nurse executives demonstrated theme saturation for mitigation steps to augment traditional disaster readiness activities: (1) Assessment of human infrastructure: daily skills needed during disaster response; (2) Identification and study of failure points and metrics; (3) Strengthening human infrastructure: rectifying deficiencies; and (4) Monitoring metrics and making corrections during conventional periods.
Mitigation steps may improve outcomes in hospital function during conventional times; therefore, these steps may improve resiliency and the ability to maintain functions during major disasters, including climate change.
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- Title
- Culture of Safety and Preparedness
- Publication Details
- International journal of environmental research and public health, Vol.21(2), 221
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Copyright
- © 2024 by the authors.
- Identifiers
- 99380523293306600
- Academic Unit
- School of Nursing; Usha Kundu, MD College of Health
- Language
- English