Nursing in Disasters: A Review of Existing Models

Nurses are the largest group of health care providers that play an important role in responding to disasters. Evaluating the state of nursing and nurses’ knowledge on common patterns of disasters is undeniable in importance and necessity (Langan and James, 2005; Bridges, 2003). Every year and around the world, many accidents occur, at least some of them have severe financial, physical and psychological losses (Usher and Mayner, 2011; Khankeh .et al., 2007; Jennings-Sanders, 2004).

Source: International Emergency Nursing - June 9, 2016 Category: Nursing Authors: Negar Pourvakhshoori, Kian Norouzi, Fazlollah Ahmadi, Mohammadali Hosseini, Hamidreza Khankeh Source Type: research