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Journal article
Qualitative Analysis of the Lived Experience of First-Time Nurse Responders in Disaster
The Journal of continuing education in nursing, Vol.47(2), pp.61-71
02/01/2016
PMID: 26840238
Web of Science ID: WOS:000378233800006
Abstract
The study purpose was to examine the reflections of the lived experiences of nurses in shelters or temporary community medical clinics responding for the first time to a civilian disaster. The disaster-nursing literature echoes the need for development of disaster content in the nursing curriculum. However, little thematic analysis-supporting curriculum from the lived experience of first-time responders exists in the literature. This study's purpose is to identify the essential thematic knowledge and skills necessary to provide care to disaster survivors in communities and for determining the themes necessary to formulate education in emergency preparedness curricula. A narrative inquiry, with a phenomenological analysis, to explore the lived experiences of nurses who responded once to a community disaster was the methodology used to identify themes. Thematic findings demonstrated a lack of prior knowledge about volunteering during a disaster response, that previous mass casualty exercises did not help with their actual responses, and that the participant RNs identified specific and assessment skills necessary for disasters.
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- Title
- Qualitative Analysis of the Lived Experience of First-Time Nurse Responders in Disaster
- Publication Details
- The Journal of continuing education in nursing, Vol.47(2), pp.61-71
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publisher
- Slack Inc
- Number of pages
- 11
- Grant note
- Sigma Theta Tau International Epsilon Omega Chapter Research Grant Sigma Theta Tau Epsilon Omega Chapter Roberson Award
- Copyright
- Copyright 2016, SLACK Incorporated
- Identifiers
- WOS:000378233800006; 99380520297006600
- Academic Unit
- School of Nursing; Usha Kundu, MD College of Health
- Language
- English