Emergency nurse disaster preparedness during mass gatherings: a cross-sectional survey of emergency nurses' perceptions in hospitals in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess hospital emergency nurses' self-reported knowledge, role awareness and skills in disaster response with respect to the Hajj mass gathering in Mecca.

Design

Cross-sectional online survey with primary data collection and non-probabilistic purposive sample conducted in late 2014.

Setting

All 4 public hospitals in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

Participants

106 registered nurses in hospital emergency departments.

Main outcome measure

Awareness, knowledge, skills and perceptions of emergency nurses in Mecca with regard to mass gathering disaster preparedness.

Results

Although emergency nurses' clinical role awareness in disaster response was reported to be high, nurses reported limited knowledge and awareness of the wider emergency and disas

SUBMITTER: Alzahrani F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5477837 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature