Disaster response among hospital nurses dispatched to evacuation centers after the Great East Japan Earthquake: a thematic analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Disaster relief operations involve a variety of components of healthcare efforts. The post-disaster recovery is a key component of hospital preparedness. This study aimed to investigate the role of hospital nurses in the disaster area and their challenges during the relief efforts after the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011.

Methods

Semi-structured interviews were conducted with ten nurses who worked in a general public hospital before the Great East Japan Earthquake and were dispatched to the evacuation centers after the disaster. A qualitative approach with the thematic analysis method was employed. Three research queries (RQs) were prepared before the interview.

Results

The study participants played administrative roles as city employees in addition to

SUBMITTER: Yamamoto C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9247954 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature