Effectiveness of an online training program for improving nurses' competencies in disaster risk management.

Autor: Farokhzadian J; Nursing Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran., Farahmandnia H; Health in Disasters and Emergencies Research Center, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran., Tavan A; Health in Disasters and Emergencies Research Center, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.; Faculty of Management and Medical Information Sciences, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran., Taskiran Eskici G; Department of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey., Soltani Goki F; Student Research Committee, Razi Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran. sfaezeh14@yahoo.com.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: BMC nursing [BMC Nurs] 2023 Sep 27; Vol. 22 (1), pp. 334. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Sep 27.
DOI: 10.1186/s12912-023-01497-1
Abstrakt: Background: Nurses' incompetency in disaster risk management can have many negative consequences during disasters, so it is important to prepare nurses and improve their competencies in disaster risk management. This study was conducted with the aim of investigating the effectiveness of an online training program to improve competencies in disaster risk management.
Method: This interventional study was conducted on nurses working in a specialized trauma hospital affiliated with the Kerman University of Medical Sciences in southeastern Iran in 2023. Eighty-one nurses were randomly assigned into two interventions (n = 42) and control groups (n = 39). The intervention group received an online training program in four sessions, and both groups electronically completed the demographic questionnaire and the nurses' perceptions of disaster core competencies scale (NPDCC) before and one month after the intervention.
Results: The study results showed no significant difference in disaster competency scores between the two groups before the intervention (p < 0.51), but the NPDCC score in the intervention group was statistically significant after the intervention compared to before the intervention (p < 0.02) and no statistically significant difference was observed between the two groups after the intervention (p < 0.16).
Conclusion: While the online training program was found to significantly improve the NPDCC score of nurses in the intervention group, this increase was not significant when compared to the control group. Therefore, we suggest continuous practical exercises and maneuvers to improve nurses' perception of the competencies required for effective disaster management.
(© 2023. BioMed Central Ltd., part of Springer Nature.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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