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Thesis/Dissertation Information
- Degree Disciplines:
- Nursing
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- Abstract:
- Background: With the increase in occurrence of all types of disaster, the nursing profession faces additional demands and expectations to serve in national or international disasters. Recent devastating disasters, often involving mass casualties, increase the necessity to examine current disaster preparedness for all responders, including nurses. Specific disaster training and nurse education should be introduced in fundamental training and for experienced nurses in continuing education. Purpose: The aim of this phenomenological research study was to examine the lived experience of nurses who served in disaster with mass casualties. Fitting descriptions were used to portray the participants’ meaning regarding their experience of serving in a disaster. Gaining a better understanding of the experience can provide information of the importance to improve disaster preparedness, education, and training for nurse responders to care better for disaster victims, their colleagues, and other health care workers involved. Philosophical Underpinning: Max van Manen’s phenomenological approach Methods: This research utilized van Manen’s hermeneutic phenomenological method for data collection and data analysis. A convenience sample of nurses in Florida who served in disasters with mass casualties nationally and/or internationally was studied. Semi-structured face-to-face interviews with selected participants were used to collect data and analyze until saturation has been achieved. Results: Researching the lived experience of the registered nurses’ experience as a responder to disasters revealed a positive experience having served in the disaster. The emerging themes, answering the call, lives transformed, education and training, and hope for the future, supported the findings in the literature of the importance for disaster training for nurses at all levels of practice. Conclusions: With the increase frequency and intensity of disaster nurses will be in demand to fill the role as first responders. Disaster training and education is crucial for nurses to obtain to be better prepared. Educators need to address including disaster training in curriculum for nursing students.
- Thesis:
- Thesis (Ph.D.)--Barry University, 2014.
- Bibliography:
- Includes bibliographical references (leaves 123-137).
Record Information
- Source Institution:
- Barry University
- Holding Location:
- Barry University Archives and Special Collections
- Rights Management:
- Copyright Shernett A.M. DeMarco. Permission granted to Barry University to digitize, archive and distribute this item for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires permission of the copyright holder.
- Resource Identifier:
- RT108 .D46 2014_DeMarcoShernett ( BU-Local )
- Classification:
- RT108 .D46 2014 ( lcc )
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