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Attitude of Jordanian Nursing Educators Toward Integration of Disaster Management in Nursing Curricula

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 May 2020

Murad Alkhalaileh Open the ORCID record for Murad Alkhalaileh [Opens in a new window]
Murad Alkhalaileh*
Affiliation:
Nursing Department, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia
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Correspondence and reprint requests to Murad Alkhalaileh, Nursing Department, University of Tabuk, PO Box 741, Duba Road, Tabuk71491, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (e-mail: malkhalaileh@ut.edu.sa).
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Abstract

Objective:

Nursing education plays a significant role in preparing nurses for disasters; it helps in increasing their knowledge about disasters. The purpose of this study was to explore the attitude of nursing educators in Jordan toward the integration of disaster preparedness contents in nursing curricula.

Method:

A descriptive cross-sectional survey was used. The instrument comprises 51 Likert-scale items; 150 questionnaires were distributed to nursing educators in all of the private and government universities. Data were analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS), version 22 (IBM Corp, Armonk, NY).

Results:

One hundred thirty-one (131) results were collected with an 87% response rate. All participants perceived that the integration of a disaster course in nursing curricula is quite important. Findings indicated a lack of nursing educators’ life experiences regarding disaster management. No significant differences were found in terms of age, area of experience, or years of teaching. Incorporating disaster management courses into nursing curricula will help resolve the lack of knowledge.

Conclusion:

Nursing educators have a low level of knowledge in disaster management. This highlights the necessity for preparing nursing educators for disasters by encouraging their participation in disaster management training. Therefore, they will circulate this information adequately to students accordingly.

Keywords

disasterdisaster preparednesseducationnursing curriculumnursing educators
Type
Original Research
Information
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness , Volume 15 , Issue 4 , August 2021 , pp. 478 - 483
Copyright
Copyright © 2020 Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc.

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