Disaster Preparedness in Philippine Nurses.

Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 16 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA) for descriptive and inferential statistics

- cross-sectional research design- questionnaire

Nurses’

The knowledge and capacities developed by governments, professional response and recovery organizations, communities and individuals to effectively anticipate, respond to, and recover from, the impacts of likely, imminent or current disasters.

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for Disastersperceived level of disaster preparednessLearning Needs for

Situation where widespread human, material, economic or environmental losses have occurred which exceeded the ability of the affected organisation, community or society to respond and recover using its own resources.

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Preparedness

•pretest questionnaire•main questionnaire

Two hundred nurses were invited to participate in the study, with 170 responses (105 hospital nurses and 65 community nurses) or an 85%

Actions taken during or immediately after a disaster in order to save lives, reduce health impacts, ensure public safety and meet the basic subsistence needs of the people affected.

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rate, during the months of April 2014 through July 2014. Data collection was based on interviews using a standardized instrument, the

Situation where widespread human, material, economic or environmental losses have occurred which exceeded the ability of the affected organisation, community or society to respond and recover using its own resources.

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The knowledge and capacities developed by governments, professional response and recovery organizations, communities and individuals to effectively anticipate, respond to, and recover from, the impacts of likely, imminent or current disasters.

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Questionnaire. Descriptive statistics such as frequencies, means, percentages, and standard deviations were utilized to quantify the responses.Self-report questionnaires consisted of two parts: (a) demographic information and (b) the Situation where widespread human, material, economic or environmental losses have occurred which exceeded the ability of the affected organisation, community or society to respond and recover using its own resources.

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Preparedness Questionnaire.

Objective: examined the perceived level of

Situation where widespread human, material, economic or environmental losses have occurred which exceeded the ability of the affected organisation, community or society to respond and recover using its own resources.

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The knowledge and capacities developed by governments, professional response and recovery organizations, communities and individuals to effectively anticipate, respond to, and recover from, the impacts of likely, imminent or current disasters.

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inPhilippine nurses.

use of convenience sampling may have weakened the generalization of the study.caution should be observed when interpreting or comparing the results with other countries.

Three fourths of the respondents (n = 136, 80%) indicated that they were not fully prepared to respond to disasters, while only 20% (n = 34) acknowledged that they felt they were adequately prepared. Respondents believed that they could function in the primary roles of educator (n = 107, 62.94%), caregiver (n = 104, 61.17%), and counselor (n = 82, 48.24%). More than half of the respondents (n = 98, 57.7%) were not aware of existing protocols of

Situation where widespread human, material, economic or environmental losses have occurred which exceeded the ability of the affected organisation, community or society to respond and recover using its own resources.

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management in the workplace. Courses taken in such areas as first aid (n = 79, 46.4%), field triage (n = 43, 25.29%), and basic cardiac life support (n = 57, 33.53%) were cited as important in preparing for disasters.- Hospital administrators should consider the development and formulation of Situation where widespread human, material, economic or environmental losses have occurred which exceeded the ability of the affected organisation, community or society to respond and recover using its own resources.

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management protocols and provide appropriate disaster nursing education and

Activities designed to facilitate the learning and development of knowledge, skills, and abilities, and to improve the performance of specific tasks or roles.

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. Nursing curricula should incorporate basic principles of disaster management into nursing courses as a framework for addressing this critical deficit.

The study protocol was reviewed and approved by the Health Ethics Committee of Samar State University. Nurses’ rights were maintained through disclosure of the nature, benefits, and lack of known

Effect of uncertainty on objectives.

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of the study. After the informed consent is the process of providing information regarding the assessment itself, purpose and its possible consequences, and obtaining consent from the assessment participant to participate in the assessment process

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form was signed, the researchers dispersed the questionnaires at the respective sites and collected them in a sealed envelope upon completion. To maintain the confidentiality and anonymity of the nurses, code numbers, instead of their names, were used in the questionnaire.

A questionnaire study with 170 Philippine nurses.The paper describe the results of a questionnaire and compare based on literature the preparation of nurses in the Philippine and the Assessment is a test, examination or similar, designed to assess a candidate’s knowledge, understanding or skills in a defined area. DRIVER+ note 1: candidate can be a person or a solution, example given: assessment of a solution in a Trial.

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of the knowledgebase of the nurse.