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East Meets West: Cultural Values And Duty To Care For Disaster Response, Tracy J. Nash
East Meets West: Cultural Values And Duty To Care For Disaster Response, Tracy J. Nash
Nursing Theses and Dissertations
Nurses’ readiness for disaster response has assumed front and center-stage in recent years, due to the heightened number of natural and human-induced disasters across the globe. Scientific literature affirms that without nurses’ personal and professional readiness for disaster situations, patient and public health outcomes will likely decline. Three research manuscripts presented in this dissertation portfolio targeted this significant, but overlooked public health issue. First, a quantitative pilot study addressing nurses’ personal preparedness for disaster response was considered. Findings from the study not only justified personal readiness as a significant concept, but also prompted review of the scientific literature to further …