Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/15915
Title: What Are the Research Needs for the Field of Disaster Nursing? An International Delphi Study
Contributor(s): Ranse, Jamie (author); Hutton, Alison (author); Jeeawody, Basseer (author); Wilson, Rhonda L  (author)
Publication Date: 2014
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X14000946
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/15915
Abstract: Background: Internationally there is an increasing amount of peer-reviewed literature pertaining to disaster nursing. The literature includes personal anecdotes, reflections, and accounts of single case studies. Furthermore, issues such as the willingness of nurses to assist in disasters, the role of nurses in disasters, leadership, competencies, and educational preparedness for nurses have been the focus of the literature. Aim: The aim of this research was to determine the international research priorities for disaster nursing. Method: This research used a three-round Delphi technique. The first round used a face-to-face workshop to generate research statements with nursing members of the World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine (WADEM). The second and third rounds included the ranking of statements on a 5-point Likert scale with nursing members of WADEM and the World Society of Disaster Nursing (WSDN). Statements that achieved a mean of four or greater were considered a priority and progressed. Results: Participants were from multiple countries. Research statements were generated in the areas of: education, training, and curriculum; psychosocial; strategy, relationship, and networking; and clinical practice. Psychosocial aspects of disaster nursing ranked the highest, with five statements appearing in the top ten research areas, followed by statements relating to: education, training, and curriculum; clinical practice; and finally, strategy, relationship, and networking. Conclusions: Future disaster nursing research should focus on the area of psychosocial aspects of disaster nursing, in particular, both the psychosocial needs of a disaster-affected community and the psychosocial wellbeing of nurses who assist in disaster health activities.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Source of Publication: Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 29(5), p. 448-454
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication: United States of America
ISSN: 1945-1938
1049-023X
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 111099 Nursing not elsewhere classified
111005 Mental Health Nursing
111714 Mental Health
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 420599 Nursing not elsewhere classified
420403 Psychosocial aspects of childbirth and perinatal mental health
420313 Mental health services
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 920209 Mental Health Services
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 200305 Mental health services
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal
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