Abstract
Objective To explore the current status of disaster preparedness in emergency nurses in Class Ⅲ Grade A hospitals and its influencing factors, and to offer reference for disaster nursing management and nursing education. Methods Totally 146 emergency nurses from 2 ClassⅢ Grade A hospitals in Zhengzhou from March to April 2017 were selected by purposive sampling and investigated with disaster preparedness evaluation tools. Results The total score in disaster preparedness for emergency nurses was (188.79±35.02) at a medium level. Nurses experienced in disaster relief, aged 26 to 35, with bachelor degrees and working for 5 to 10 years showed higher scores in disaster preparedness than other nurses (t=2.298, 4.917, 4.733, 7.230; P<0.05) . Conclusions The disaster preparedness in emergency nurses needs to be enhanced, and attention should be paid to improving the disaster relief nursing education and training system. Key words: Nurses; Emergency service, hospital; Disaster; Preparedness
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