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Are Nurses Ready for a Disaster in Turkey? A Hospital Case

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 July 2023

Hatice Serap Koçak Open the ORCID record for Hatice Serap Koçak [Opens in a new window]  and
Emine Kaplan Serin Open the ORCID record for Emine Kaplan Serin [Opens in a new window]
Hatice Serap Koçak*
Affiliation:
Gaziantep University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Public Health Nursing Department, Gaziantep, Turkey
Emine Kaplan Serin
Affiliation:
Mersin University, Faculty of Nursing, Internal Medicine Nursing Department, Mersin, Turkey
*
Corresponding author: Hatice Serap Koçak; Email: stasdemirmeister@gmail.com
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Abstract

Objective:

In Turkey, which is a land of disasters, it is vital for nurses to be prepared before a disaster, and to exhibit an effective attitude and behavior during it. Having a large number of casualties during a disaster may cause inadequacies in receiving basic health care in the hospital.

Methods:

This study was conducted in a descriptive and cross-sectional style to determine the disaster preparedness and preparedness perceptions of nurses. Data were collected with the Personal Information Form and Nurses’ Perception of Disaster Preparedness Scale (NPDPS).

Results:

Nurses’ disaster experience, drill experience, and perusal of the disaster plan positively affected the perception of disaster. The disaster preparedness of the institution positively affected the perception of disaster preparation. A significant difference was determined between the requests for information regarding disaster education and NPDPS. A statistically significant relationship was found between terrorist attacks, earthquake exposure, and the total scale score of NPDPS.

Conclusions:

Consequently, nurses and health institutions, whose responsibilities become graver in disasters, have duties such as providing treatment and medical support. Therefore, it was suggested that disaster nursing and disaster management should have been included in the in-service training of nurses.

Keywords

disasterspreparednessbehaviornurses
Type
Original Research
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Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness , Volume 17 , 2023 , e436
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© The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health

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