Nurses' core disaster-response competencies for combating COVID-19-A cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT: The core competencies in disaster nursing, nurses' roles in disaster management and the potential barriers are assessed with a view to developing disaster nursing in Slovenia. Despite training and experience, many indicators show nurses are deficient in skills involving emergency and disaster-preparedness competencies. Nurses report little familiarity with disaster-planning skills, the implementation of disaster guidelines and assessment of patients subject to a disaster circumstance. A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted based on data collected through an online survey. 118 registered nurses from different clinical settings in Slovenia participated in the study. Data were collected according to the Slovenian version of the Disaster Nursing Core Competencies Scale (Sl-DNCC-Scal

SUBMITTER: Karnjus I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8191963 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature