Usher, Kim

West, Caryn

Warsini, Sri

<p>Given the area of disaster nursing remains deplete of robust evidence required to drive effective and efficient nursing interventions, this special section aimed to present an overview of current disaster nursing evidence to promote excellence in nursing practice, research and education. As the call for papers coincided with the COVID-19 pandemic, we also recognised the need for a disaster nursing evidence base to help guide the pivotal role of nurses in health care delivery during this pandemic. Since the emergence of, and ongoing nature of the pandemic, the important role played by nurses has been highlighted. Given that nurses comprise the largest part of the healthcare workforce (Said & Chiang, 2020), undertake most of the infectious disease containment and provide most of the front-line care during pandemics (Usher et al., 2009), the need for evidence to support nurses and to understand their issues and concerns during pandemics is crucial.</p>

Journal of Clinical Nursing, p. 1-1

1365-2702

0962-1067

35538623

https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/56153

en

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

Disaster nursing during the COVID-19 pandemic: A collection of new evidence

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