Iranian nurses’ perceptions of core competencies required for disaster risk management

BMC Emergency Medicine

Research

Gulcan Taskiran Eskici¹  Hojjat Farahmandnia²  Jamileh Farokhzadian³  Amirreza Sabzi⁴  Faezeh Soltani Goki⁵ 

[1] Department of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey;Health in Disasters and Emergencies Research Center, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran;Nursing Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran;School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran;Student Research Committee, Razi Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran;

关键词: Nurses;    Disaster risk management;    Perception;    Disaster competencies;    Hospital;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12873-023-00853-3

 received in 2023-01-25, accepted in 2023-07-20,  发布年份 2023

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundWith an increase in the incidence and severity of disasters, disaster risk management receives an important priority in the health system. Nurses at all levels of healthcare play an important role in disaster risk management and they must have core preparation and competencies to respond to disasters. This study aimed to evaluate Iranian nurses’ core competencies required for disaster risk management.MethodsThis cross-sectional study was conducted on 277 nurses working in three hospitals affiliated to Kerman University of Medical Sciences in 2022. The demographic information questionnaire and the nurses’ perceptions of disaster core competencies scale (NPDCC) were used to collect data, and SPSS21 was used to analyze data.ResultsNurses’ competencies in disaster risk management were favorable (3.67 ± 0.77), with the subscales of technical skills and special diagnostic skills receiving the highest (3.91 ± 0.65) and the lowest mean scores, respectively (3.46 ± 0.87). The results found a significant difference between the scores of nurses’ competencies in disaster risk management in terms of education level, age, work experience, employment status, participation in training courses related to disaster risk management, work experience in incidents and disasters.ConclusionThe study results suggested nurses’ high level of competency in disaster risk management, but indicated gaps in their core competencies. The study results recommend authorities provide various training courses related to disaster risk management for all nurses.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
© BioMed Central Ltd., part of Springer Nature 2023