Abstract
BackgroundIran has experienced an increasing number of earthquake in the past three decades. Nurses are the largest group of healthcare providers that play an important role in responding to disasters. Based on previous studies, they experienced challenges providing care in the previous disasters. Therefore, this study aimed to explore the nursing challenges to provide care to the injured in the Kermanshah earthquake, Iran.MethodsThis is a qualitative study with conventional content analysis using Granheim and Landman approach. In this study, 16 nurses involved in providing care to the injured in the Kermanshah earthquake were selected by purposeful sampling method. Data were collected using in-depth semi-structured interviews. The criteria proposed by Guba and Lincoln were used to ensure the validity of the study.ResultsData analysis led to the emergence of 453 primary codes, 14 subcategories, and 5 categories. The five categories were as follows: (a) organizational and managerial challenges; (b) human resources; (c) infrastructure; (d) educational preparations; (e) and ethical.ConclusionsThe results of this study showed that nurses faced several challenges in providing care to earthquake victims. Based on these findings, better educational management and planning, infrastructure reform, and establishment of a crisis nursing national team seem necessary.
Highlights
Iran has experienced an increasing number of earthquake in the past three decades
The issues and challenges faced by nurses in providing care to earthquake victims have not been examined comprehensively [13]
The present study elaborated on the challenges faced with by nurses in providing care to the victims of the Kermanshah earthquake 2017
Summary
Iran has experienced an increasing number of earthquake in the past three decades. They experienced challenges providing care in the previous disasters. This study aimed to explore the nursing challenges to provide care to the injured in the Kermanshah earthquake, Iran. Given the high risk of earthquakes in different regions of Iran and involving the nurses in these crises [9, 12], it is essential to have fundamental insights about these challenges. The issues and challenges faced by nurses in providing care to earthquake victims have not been examined comprehensively [13]. The present study elaborated on the challenges faced with by nurses in providing care to the victims of the Kermanshah earthquake 2017
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