Determination of Disaster Preparedness of Nurses Working in Adult Internal Medicine and Surgical Emergency Department

Authors : Ayşe Gökce Işıklı, Ayfer Güneş, Refiye Zafer Dinçkol

Pages : 487-495

Doi:10.35341/afet.1462950

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Publication Date : 2025-07-31

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The study was planned to determine the disaster preparedness of nurses working in the adult internal medicine and surgery emergency department. It is cross-sectional. In July and September 2023, 66 adult internal medicine and surgery emergency nurses in a public hospital and a university participated in the study. Face-to-face interviews were conducted using the Nurses\\\' Individual Characteristics Form and Disaster Preparedness Perception Scale of Personnel Working in Pre-Hospital Emergency Health Services to collect research data. These forms were collected through face-to-face interviews. The total score of the scale used in the study was 111.15 ± 15.08. Mann-Whitney U, Spearman correlation test, and descriptive analyses were used to evaluate the data. It was determined that there was a significant positive relationship between the working year of the nurses participating in the study and the self-efficacy sub-dimension of the scale (p <0.05). It was determined that the benefit sub-dimension of female nurses was significantly higher than that of male nurses (p <0.05). The mean total scale score of nurses with a bachelor\\\'s degree was found to be highly significant compared to nurses with a high school degree (p <0.05). The mean total scale score of nurses who are not working in the disaster management process other than the COVID-19 pandemic was found to be highly significant compared to those who are involved in the earthquake management process (p <0.05). It was found that the level of disaster preparation of adult internal medicine and surgery emergency service nurses was slightly above the middle level. In addition, it was determined that experience, gender, education level, and the COVID-19 pandemic were effective in determining the preparedness of nurses for disasters.
Keywords : Disaster, Emergency, Medical and Surgical Nursing

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