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KMID : 1164520110290010094
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Journal of Military Nursing Research
2011 Volume.29 No. 1 p.94 ~ p.109
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A Study on the Disaster Preparedness of Nurses in Some Korean Regional Emergency Medical Centers
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Ann Eun-Goung
Keum Kyeong-Lim
Choi Seon-Young
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Abstract
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Purpose : This study aims to develop an instrument to measure nurses’ disaster preparedness and evaluate the level of nurses’ disaster preparedness with the developed instrument.
Methods : A Disaster Preparedness Questionnaire for Nurses(DPQ-N), with 10 dimensions and 50 5-point scale
items, was developed based on a thorough literature review, and its psychometric properties were evaluated. Seven hundred and six nurses from eight regional emergency medical centers consented to participate in the study. Data was collected from Oct 1 to 31, 2010. To assess nurses’ disaster preparedness a self-reporting questionnaire including DPQ-N was utilized. Data was analyzed by descriptive statistics, t-test, one-way ANOVA, & Scheffe’s post test via SPSS WIN 12.0 program.
Results : The 10 DPQ-N domains were reduced to 9 distinctive domains and showed stable psychometric properties(CVI=.88, cumulative variance explained=71.3%, Cronbach’s α=.86~.94). The subjects’ disaster preparedness was 2.79(±0.55). The ’Emergency patient care’ domain showed the highest score(3.26±0.68) and the ’CBRNE agents’ domain showed the lowest score(2.11±0.74). There were statistically significant differences in the level of disaster preparedness among the subjects by education, working year, disaster education/training experience, perception of the necessity of disaster education/training, and willingness to join in disaster medical support team. The majority of
the subject didn’t have enough experience of disaster medical support and training/education. They seemed to perceive the necessity of disaster education/training. The subjects reported to prefer a face-to-face, short-term(less than 3 days) program.
Conclusion : According to the results, we can assume Korean nurses are not properly prepared to respond to disasters. Initiatives to increase their competencies in disaster response should be taken. Assessing nurses’ disaster preparedness in non-hospital settings is highly recommended.
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KEYWORD
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Disaster preparedness, disaster competencies, emergency, disaster education & training
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