Abstract
BackgroundActive shooting events (ASE) are escalating in the United States and require our future nursing workforce to be prepared when responding to this type of disaster. The purpose of this study was to measure baccalaureate nursing students’ ability, willingness, and readiness for to respond to an ASE. MethodsQuasi-experimental design with repeated measures on a convenience sample of senior-level nursing students enrolled in a community health course. ResultsAll scores were higher after the intervention in the post-test except for Assessment of Readiness (NAR). The total score of IS-907 was operationalized as the proportion of correct answers. Participants improved the proportion of correct answers from the pretest (57%) to the post-test (74%). The self-regulation, incident command system, triage, communication, and NAR had effect sizes ranging from small to medium, and the data showed a large effect size for ASE knowledge. ConclusionThe intervention improved ASE preparedness for nursing students participating in the simulation. The findings support that active shooting simulation is instrumental when preparing nursing students for this type of disaster.
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