A Literature Review: Hospital Emergency Nurses Preparedness in Facing Disasters
Ranti Ayodya Garini (a*), Ridlwan Kamaluddin (b)

a) Nursing Departement Student, Health Sciences Faculty, Jenderal Soedirman University
Jl. Dr. Soeparno Karangwangkal, Purwokerto 53123, Indonesia
b) Disaster, Emergency and Critical Care Nursing Departement, Health Sciences Faculty, Jenderal Soedirman University
Jl. Dr. Soeparno Karangwangkal, Purwokerto 53123, Indonesia

Abstract

Background: Nurse has turned to be a profession with the largest number in the health system and their existence is important as a first responder. Nursing activities are required, including prevention, preparedness, response, recovery, and reconstruction or rehabilitation. Especially, when a disaster occurs. Purpose: To review some literature on hospital emergency nurses preparedness in dealing with disasters. Methodology: This systematic review was carried out in June 2020 by searching in databases including Google Scholar, PubMed, and Science Direct. The keywords used for research articles were "emergency preparedness for nurses in facing disasters", "emergency nurses", and "disaster preparedness". Discussion: The results showed that the level of preparedness of hospital emergency nurses in facing disasters as a whole was at a moderate level. This was because of knowledge, skills, self-awareness, interests, intellectuals, collaboration, and motivation needed to be prepared to support disaster management. The preparedness of emergency nurses in facing disasters was certainly not the same from one another. Nurse preparedness may be influenced by various factors. Among them were the age factor, length of work factor, education factor, and the amount of ability or training that has been followed.

Keywords: nurse preparedness; emergency; disaster; literature review

Topic: Disaster, Emergency, Intensive and Critical Care Nursing