@article{ref1,
title="Nurses' perceived emergency preparedness knowledge: an opportunity for improvement",
journal="Journal of emergency management",
year="2020",
author="Bulson, Julie",
volume="18",
number="3",
pages="213-220",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to provide foundational data supporting the need for nursing education focused on emergency preparedness and response for nursing staff.  DESIGN: This study is a cross-sectional, quantitative, descriptive, correlational quality improvement study.  SETTING: The study location is a Midwest healthcare system comprised of 14 acute care facilities including pediat-ric and adult level I trauma centers, a burn center, and a fully dedicated pediatric hospital; five long-term care facili-ties; 230 ambulatory sites; 4,200 employed providers; and a health plan.  PARTICIPANTS: A convenience sample of 5,172 currently employed nurses.  MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: The main outcome of this study is the documentation of overall familiarity with emer-gency preparedness and response knowledge among nursing staff. Logistic ordinal regression statistical analysis was completed to determine the significance of individual domains impacting the overall familiarity score.  RESULTS: Findings based on the results of the &quot;overall familiarity with response activities related to a large-scale emergency incident&quot; question documented most staff (78.45 percent) have little or no familiarity with their role in dis-aster response. Six domains or focused education areas were identified as having a statistically significant impact (p < 0.0001 - p = 0.0195) on the results of the overall familiarity question.  CONCLUSIONS: These study results support the need for more education (academic and/or institutional) related to nursing emergency preparedness and response.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1543-5865",
doi="10.5055/jem.2020.0467",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.5055/jem.2020.0467"
}