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. 2020 Nov 16:13:2627-2634.
doi: 10.2147/RMHP.S279513. eCollection 2020.

Challenges for Nurses in Disaster Management: A Scoping Review

Manal Al Harthi  1   2 , Abdulellah Al Thobaity  1 , Waleed Al Ahmari  1 , Mohammed Almalki  1
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Challenges for Nurses in Disaster Management: A Scoping Review

Manal Al Harthi et al. Risk Manag Healthc Policy. .

Abstract

To reduce the impact of disasters, healthcare providers, especially nurses, need to be prepared to respond immediately. However, nurses face several challenges in all phases of disaster management. The findings of a literature review based on scoping approaches, which utilized the Joanna Briggs Institute methodology, indicated that the major barriers facing nurses include the following: (1) disaster nursing is a new specialty; (2) inadequate level of preparedness; (3) poor formal education; (4) lack of research; (5) ethical and legal issues; and (6) issues related to nurses' roles in disasters. Educators, researchers, and stakeholders need to make efforts to tackle these issues and improve disaster nursing.

Keywords: challenges; disaster nursing; disaster preparedness; disaster response.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors report no conflicts of interest in this work.

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