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Svalbard’s geographical positioning, environmental characteristics and multinational population
make it conducive for considering informality and multinational cooperation in disaster
risk reduction and response. Most research ...
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Svalbard’s geographical positioning, environmental characteristics and multinational population
make it conducive for considering informality and multinational cooperation in disaster
risk reduction and response. Most research examining disaster risks and disasters for Svalbard
has focused on Norwegian efforts in and for the main settlement of Longyearbyen, with none
covering Svalbard’s second-largest settlement of Barentsburg. This paper addresses this gap by
analysing how 21 Barentsburg residents deal with disasters. We conducted semi-structured
interviews, visually aided by the revised PRISM (Pictorial Representation of Illness and Self
Measure) tool, to examine interviewees’ disaster perceptions, sources for disaster-related information
and learning, and formal and informal sources for dealing with disaster risks and disasters.
Our findings suggest that, despite being risk-aware, Barentsburg interviewees consider the
settlement, and Svalbard as a whole, to be safe. The explanation is their faith in the existing
disaster-related mechanisms, made up of both local Russian entities and the Norwegian rescue
services, especially Svalbard’s governor (Sysselmesteren). Interviewees rely significantly on
Russian and Norwegian informal actors and relationships for disaster-related information.
These findings suggest that alongside formal approaches, informality may play a significant role
in dealing with disasters in Barentsburg, which itself might serve as a platform for international
cooperation.
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Aim This review explored peer‐reviewed publications that measure nurses’ preparedness for disaster response. Background The increasing frequency of disasters worldwide necessitates nurses to adequately prepare to respond to disa...
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Aim This review explored peer‐reviewed publications that measure nurses’ preparedness for disaster response. Background The increasing frequency of disasters worldwide necessitates nurses to adequately prepare to respond to disasters to mitigate the negative consequences of the event on the affected population. Despite growing initiatives to prepare nurses for any disasters, evidence suggests they are under prepared for disaster response. Methods This is a systematic review of scientific articles conducted from 2006 to 2016 on nurses’ preparedness for disasters. SCOPUS , MEDLINE , PubMed, CINAHL and Psych INFO were the primary databases utilized for search of literature. Keywords used in this review were as follows: ‘emergency’, ‘disaster’, ‘disaster preparedness’, ‘disaster competencies’, ‘disaster nursing’, ‘disaster role’ and ‘nurse’. Seventeen (17) articles were selected for this review. Findings Factors that increase preparedness for disaster response include previous disaster response experience and disaster‐related training. However, it is widely reported that nurses are insufficiently prepared and do not feel confident responding effectively to disasters. Conclusion The findings of this review contribute to a growing body of knowledge regarding disaster preparedness in nurses and have implications for academia, hospital administration and nursing educators. The findings of this review provide evidence that could be used by nurse educators and nurse administrators to better prepare nurses for disaster response. Implications for nursing and health policy The findings from this review place an emphasis on hospitals to implement policies to address lack of preparedness among their employees. Furthermore, this review highlights the benefit of further research and provision of well‐grounded disaster exercises that mimic actual events to enhance the preparedness of the nursing workforce.
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Aim This descriptive correlational study aimed to identify nurses' perceptions of their own disaster preparedness and core competencies. Background As disasters have increased in number and severity in recent years, it is crucial ...
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Aim This descriptive correlational study aimed to identify nurses' perceptions of their own disaster preparedness and core competencies. Background As disasters have increased in number and severity in recent years, it is crucial that nurses should be appropriately prepared. There is still limited research on this issue in Turkey. Introduction With changes in disaster policies in the last decade, the need to improve the disaster core competencies of nurses has also increased. Methods A sample of 406 nurses selected with convenience sampling and working in an 1816-bed capacity university hospital was included in this descriptive correlational study. A single-item visual scale and the 45-item Nurses Perceptions of Disaster Core Competencies Scale were used. Results 'Technical Skills' scored highest across the subscales of the scale, and 'Critical Thinking Skills' scored lowest. When the total and subscale scores were compared by age group, professional experience, working position and prior disaster experience, there were statistically significant differences. Conclusions The Turkish nurses had different levels of disaster core competencies and considered themselves more competent in some areas of disaster preparedness than in others. There are clearly gaps to be filled in disaster preparedness and core competencies in Turkish nurses. Implications for nursing and policy Nurse managers should advocate for increasing disaster preparedness for all nurses. This could be accomplished by offering formal training in disaster preparedness and/or by scheduling regular disaster drills, perhaps using a mix of tabletop exercises with occasional hospital-wide disaster scenarios. In addition, managers should regularly evaluate nurses' disaster core competencies to achieve effective preparation plans and training.
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Aim With the rise in frequency and severity of disasters in recent decades, it is essentially important that nurses must be adequately prepared to handle them. This study was aimed to evaluate the levels of disaster core competenc...
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Aim With the rise in frequency and severity of disasters in recent decades, it is essentially important that nurses must be adequately prepared to handle them. This study was aimed to evaluate the levels of disaster core competencies and preparedness of nurses in the emergency department. Design A cross‐sectional survey design was used. Methods This cross‐sectional research was conducted from August 2020 to December 2020 among 271 nurses in the emergency departments of six hospitals in Qazvin, Iran. The participants completed the “Nurses Perceptions of Disaster Core Competencies Scale” (NPDCC) (45 items) and the disaster preparedness (a single‐item visual scale). Data were analysed by one‐way analysis of variance, independent t ‐tests and multiple linear regression analysis. Results The mean scores of disaster preparedness and core competencies of nurses were 6.75 out of 10 ( SD = 1.63) and 2.88 out of 5 ( SD = 0.80), respectively. "Technical skills" (mean = 3.24, SD = 0.91) were the highest and "communication skills" (mean = 2.57, SD = 0.95) were the lowest across the subscales of the scale. A significant association was found between disaster core competencies and preparedness of nurses ( p ?<?.001). Regression analysis results indicated that nursing disaster core competencies were perceived betted by older nurses (B = ?0.405) who had experience in the disaster stage (B?=?0.228) and nurses with disaster response experience (B?=?0.223) and lower professional experience (B?=?0.309). Nurses with a postdiploma degree (B = ?0.480) and bachelor's degree (B = ?0.416) were perceived to have lower disaster core competency than nurses with a master's or PhD degree. Conclusion There are still gaps in disaster preparedness and core competencies for emergency nurses that need to be addressed. Nursing managers must support an improvement in nursing disaster core competencies. This may be done by conducting sessions for routine disaster scenarios and providing formal disaster preparedness training.
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Nurses make up the largest segment of the healthcare workforce in the United States and disaster knowledge is becoming increasingly important for practice. The ongoing threats of natural and man-made disasters mean that nurses in ...
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Nurses make up the largest segment of the healthcare workforce in the United States and disaster knowledge is becoming increasingly important for practice. The ongoing threats of natural and man-made disasters mean that nurses in all areas of practice must possess the knowledge and skills to respond to an incident safely and effectively. The expectation for nurses to be both personally and professionally prepared for disasters is articulated by the American Nurses Association and the International Council of Nurses. Both organizations recognize the integral roles that nurses play throughout the disaster management cycle (mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery). As such, they assert that disaster education needs to begin in nursing programs with content purposefully incorporated into the curriculum. This ensures that students have a basic understanding of disasters when transitioning from student nurse to professional nurse. This article provides an overview of disaster education and offers an active, learner-centered approach to disaster education that can be integrated and sustained within the nursing curriculum and adapted for undergraduate to doctoral programs.
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This paper proposes an empirically grounded framework for examining the preparedness and recovery phases of disaster management activities and processes pertaining to predictable disasters within a developed country. The two‐stag...
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This paper proposes an empirically grounded framework for examining the preparedness and recovery phases of disaster management activities and processes pertaining to predictable disasters within a developed country. The two‐stage framework provides a single model composed of important preparedness and recovery initiatives, as well as activities and processes derived from empirical data collected for case studies from Australia: the ‘Black Saturday’ bushfires in the state of Victoria in February 2009; and Cyclone Larry in March 2006. The framework enables a variety of analyses, including the generation of insights into disaster management preparedness and recovery in the context of events in wealthy developed countries. The paper combines two empirical examples, a series of bushfires and a severe tropical cyclone, to enhance understanding of, and to contribute to better, disaster preparedness and recovery in the future. The paper contributes to the growing literature on disasters, preparedness, recovery and associated logistics, and other issues.
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Objective: Disaster impact databases are important resources for informing research, policy, and decision making. Therefore, understanding the underpinning methodology of data collection used by the databases, how they differ, and...
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Objective: Disaster impact databases are important resources for informing research, policy, and decision making. Therefore, understanding the underpinning methodology of data collection used by the databases, how they differ, and quality indicators of the data recorded is essential in ensuring that their use as reference points is valid.
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In this study, grid-based flood inundation map, wind velocity map and snow load map were developed to calculate reasonable natural disaster insurance rate as one of the non-structural measures in Ulsan city, Korea. Flood inundatio...
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In this study, grid-based flood inundation map, wind velocity map and snow load map were developed to calculate reasonable natural disaster insurance rate as one of the non-structural measures in Ulsan city, Korea. Flood inundation map based on 100-year flood shows that the maximum water depth was 12.04 m with 2.5% (26.44 km(2)) of Ulsan city area (1057.50 km(2)) inundated. In mapping wind velocity and snow load based on 100-year frequency return period, the wind velocity and snow load showed values ranging from 23.8 to 47.4 m/s and 0.44 to 0.54 kN/m(2), respectively. Based on the flood inundation map, the flood risk map was developed and 4 risk levels were determined: safe, warning, dangerous and severely dangerous water depth, which represents the degree of damage against lives and buildings inflicted by flood. The wind risk map and snow risk map made the same specified classifications for areas lower than the design wind velocity and snow load of the city. The flood risk map, wind risk map and snow risk map were applied with the proportionate damages from flood, wind and snow of Ulsan city for the last 10 years to develop the integrated natural disaster risk map. Each risk map and integrated natural disaster risk map developed by the study are assumed to be useful to build structural measures for disaster prevention such as prioritizing disaster prevention structures and determining where set them up in the future as well as non-structural prevention measures like reasonably natural disaster insurance against natural disasters and creating natural disaster evacuation map.
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The veterinary medical education system faces increasing challenges in educating students in the most current technologies while responding to changing community needs and expectations. Communities expect veterinarians to be invol...
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The veterinary medical education system faces increasing challenges in educating students in the most current technologies while responding to changing community needs and expectations. Communities expect veterinarians to be involved in disaster management at some level. The purpose of this study was to describe the level of disaster preparedness and educational needs of veterinary practitioners in Mississippi. A survey was mailed to 706 practitioners to assess disaster plans, disaster training, andfamiliarity with disaster-related organizations. Forty-three percent of veterinarians had a clinic disaster plan.Veterinary practitioners who had experienced a disaster were more likely to have a personal plan (odds ratio [OR] - 4.55,95% confidence interval [CI] = 2.47-8.37) and a clinic plan (OR = 4.1 1,95% CI = 2.28-7.44) than those who had not.Veterinarians residing in Mississippi Gulf Coast counties were more likely to have a personal plan (OR = 3.62, 95% CI = 1.54—8.72) and a clinic plan (OR = 3.09, 95% CI = 1.35-7.21) than were those residing in other areas. Only I 7% of veterinarians had assistance agreements with other practices, and few veterinarians indicated having disaster education materials available for their clients. Twenty percent ofrespondents indicated having obtained formal disaster training, and more than two-thirds of respondents were interested in receiving disaster training, mostly in the form of online delivery. Results suggest that private veterinary practitioners have thedesire and need to obtain disaster education. Providing opportunities for both veterinarians and veterinary students to obtain education in disaster management will result in better overall community disaster preparedness.
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Future nurses, both entry level and advanced practice, are pivotal to the nation's disaster response.They are critical frontline, acute, primary, and public health workers in the United States and internationally.To respond well, ...
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Future nurses, both entry level and advanced practice, are pivotal to the nation's disaster response.They are critical frontline, acute, primary, and public health workers in the United States and internationally.To respond well, they must be taught how to prepare and intervene appropriately.This preparation is multidimensional and includes not only concrete knowledge but mental, emotional, and ethical preparation for the realities of working and providing care while affected by chaos.Training should be experiential and reflective and expose students to the interprofessional nature of disaster planning and response. New nurses, as they enter practice, as the COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated, may also take on the role of a frontline disaster responder.The ability to effectively respond and access available resources to care for patients is required. Schools of nursing and nursing faculty increasingly will be required to include disaster preparedness as an integral part of the nursing curriculum. ? 2022 American Association of Critical Care Nurses. All rights reserved.
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