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Disaster Nursing Course Affect Nursing Students' Disaster Literacy and Preparedness

NCT06407661 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 62

Last updated 2024-10-02

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Summary

This study aimed to examine the effect of disaster nursing course on nursing students' disaster literacy and preparedness perceptions. The study, which was a one-group quasi-experimental study design in a pretest-posttest design. Pre-test was done on September 27, 2021, and the post-test was applied on January 7, 2022. The location of the study is a public university in Izmir which is located in western part of Türkiye. The population of the study consisted of nursing students (n: 66) studying in the nursing department of the university and enrolled in the elective course "Disaster Nursing". No sample selection was made, and the study was conducted with 62 volunteer students. Individual introduction form, Disaster Literacy Scale, and Perception of Disaster Preparedness in Nurses Scale were used as tools for data collection. At the beginning of the study, data collection tools were collected online form. "Disaster nursing" course was conducted for 14 weeks as an intervention. The data were stored in the SPSS 25 program.

Conditions

  • Literacy

Interventions

OTHER

"Disaster Nursing" course/education

In this study, the "Disaster Nursing" course, which was integrated into the nursing curriculum, was an elective course, and it was carried out as a theoretical course for two hours a week. The topics in the content of this course regarding prevention, preparedness, response and recovery stages were designed in line with Jennings Disaster Nursing Management Model. The purpose of its development was to educate students on disaster management and disaster nursing. The course content included identification of risks and resources for disasters at the primary protection level, nurse's caregiver (triage and holistic care) and case manager role at the secondary protection level, reassessment of individuals' care needs at the tertiary level, and review of education and the current disaster plan at the protection level.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Izmir Democracy University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • özüm erkin, Ph.D · İzmir Democracy University

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-09-27
Primary Completion
2022-01-01
Completion
2022-01-07

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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