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Public health; emergency; emergency preparedness; disasters; disaster preparedness; education; nursing students
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Educating Nursing Students On Emergency Preparedness: A Pilot Program, Sandra N. Burnock
Educating Nursing Students On Emergency Preparedness: A Pilot Program, Sandra N. Burnock
Master's Theses, Dissertations, Graduate Research and Major Papers Overview
The purpose of this project was to determine if a disaster preparedness educational intervention for nursing students’ could engage students in personal preparedness and enhance their willingness to respond during a public health emergency. The United States (U.S.) is among the top five countries in the world that experience frequent natural disasters (Guha-Sapir et al., 2012). With over 3.1 million nurses in the U.S. (AACN, 2011) and their importance to healthcare, the nursing profession plays a crucial role in the ability of the nation to prepare for and respond to disasters. Currently, however, nurses in the U.S. lack the knowledge, …