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 a l., 2007; Jennings-Sanders, 2004).
Source: International Emergency Nursing - Category: Nursing Authors: Tags: Review Source Type: research