Disaster Nursing Course Affect Nursing Students' Disaster Literacy and Preparedness

Izmir Democracy University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Literacy

Treatments: Other: "Disaster Nursing" course/education

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06407661

IDU-SBF-ÖE-02

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Full description

This study aimed to examine the effect of disaster nursing course on nursing students' disaster literacy and preparedness perceptions. The study 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 the 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 (13 questions), Disaster Literacy Scale (61 items), and Perception of Disaster Preparedness in Nurses Scale (20 items) 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 descriptive statistical methods (number, percentage, mean, standard deviation), paired sample t-test, and Pearson correlation was used data analysis.

Enrollment: 62 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• enrollment in the disaster nursing course
• regular attendance at meetings
• voluntary participation in the study

Exclusion criteria

• participants with any form of cognitive
• a mental, or physical disability that interfered with communication,
• as well as individuals with an employment history, a diploma, or a certificate in the subject of disaster

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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62 participants in 1 patient group

intervention

Experimental group

Description:

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 purpose of its development was to educate students on disaster management and disaster nursing \[54\]. 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. The disaster nursing course was intended to develop students' perception of disaster awareness, preparedness, and response self-efficacy by providing them with primary, secondary, and tertiary level protection roles

Treatment:

Other: "Disaster Nursing" course/education