The level and influencing factors of nurses preparedness for disasters in nurses with low seniority in tertiary hospitals of Anhui province

VernacularTitle:安徽省三级甲等医院低年资护士灾害准备度现状及影响因素分析
Author: Min FU ; Shaohua HU ; Yonghui CHEN ; Di CUI
Keywords: Nurses; Disasters; Influencing factors
From: Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing 2017;33(22):1746-1749
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To investigate the level of nurses′preparedness and influencing factors of nurses with low seniority in Anhui province. Methods Totally 295 nurses with low seniority were recruited by convenience sampling method. They were investigated by a self-designed demographic data questionnaire and the Disaster Preparedness Evaluation Tool. Results The score of the disaster nursing ability of the nursing managers was 163.85 ± 32.41, the mean score was 3.64 ± 0.72. Regression analysis showed that the gender, the experience of disaster rescue,disaster training were the influencing factors of disaster preparedness. Conclusions The capacity of disaster preparedness for nurses is not ideal. There is still room for improvement among nurses in Anhui province to enhance disaster preparedness, and improved disaster nursing training system is needed to achieve this.