Citation

Al Harthi M, Al Thobaity A, Al Ahmari W, Almalki M. Risk Manag. Healthc. Policy 2020; 13: 2627-2634.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, Dove Press)

DOI

10.2147/RMHP.S279513

PMID

33235533 PMCID

Abstract

To reduce the impact of disasters, healthcare providers, especially nurses, need to be prepared to respond immediately. However, nurses face several challenges in all phases of disaster management. The findings of a literature review based on scoping approaches, which utilized the Joanna Briggs Institute methodology, indicated that the major barriers facing nurses include the following: (1) disaster nursing is a new specialty; (2) inadequate level of preparedness; (3) poor formal education; (4) lack of research; (5) ethical and legal issues; and (6) issues related to nurses' roles in disasters. Educators, researchers, and stakeholders need to make efforts to tackle these issues and improve disaster nursing.

Language: en

Keywords

challenges; disaster response; disaster nursing; disaster preparedness