Disaster management: identifying knowledge of emergency nurses and community health nurses and its predictors in Malaysia

As a front-liner in healthcare services, nurses play an important role in managing disaster victims. Thus, it is crucial for nurses to be prepared when facing disaster. The aim of this paper is to determine the knowledge of emergency nurses (EN) and community health nurses (CHN) with respect to disa...

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Main Authors:	Ismail, Aniza, Faisal Ghazi, Hasanain, Ismail, Mohd Saibon, Ahayalimudin, Nurul'Ain
Format:	Article
Language:	English English
Published:	Malaysian Public Health Physicians’ Association 2016
Subjects:	RT Nursing
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spelling	iium-517432017-01-16T08:04:30Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/51743/ Disaster management: identifying knowledge of emergency nurses and community health nurses and its predictors in Malaysia Ismail, Aniza Faisal Ghazi, Hasanain Ismail, Mohd Saibon Ahayalimudin, Nurul'Ain RT Nursing As a front-liner in healthcare services, nurses play an important role in managing disaster victims. Thus, it is crucial for nurses to be prepared when facing disaster. The aim of this paper is to determine the knowledge of emergency nurses (EN) and community health nurses (CHN) with respect to disaster management, as well as identify predictor factors. This comparative cross-sectional study was conducted between October and November 2011. The 17-items of the self-developed questionnaire in assessing knowledge towards disaster management were distributed to randomly selected nurses from 10 emergency and trauma departments (132 respondents) and 8 health clinics (264 respondents) in one of the state in Malaysia. The results showed that both groups had a comparable median score on knowledge, 58.82 with interquartile range (IQR) = 52.94-70.58 for EN and IQR = 48.53-69.12 for CHN. No significant difference in knowledge was identified within these groups, with approximately 59.1% having inadequate knowledge of disaster management. Attending disaster-related education/training was identified as a predictor factor for adequacy of knowledge among EN with significant value of p < 0.01, (AOR) of 3.807, 95% (CI) of 1.584-9.153) and CHN (p < 0.001, AOR = 3.511, 95% CI = 2.097-5.881). As conclusion, emergency and community health nurses have inadequate knowledge with regard to disaster management, and it has been demonstrated statistically that adequacy of knowledge is driven by attending disaster-related education/training, which predicts knowledge level. Therefore, it is paramount for organizations to conduct disaster-related education/training to improve nurses' knowledge. Malaysian Public Health Physicians’ Association 2016-05 Article NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/51743/1/51743_Disaster_management.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/51743/4/51743_Disaster%20management_Scopus.pdf Ismail, Aniza and Faisal Ghazi, Hasanain and Ismail, Mohd Saibon and Ahayalimudin, Nurul'Ain (2016) Disaster management: identifying knowledge of emergency nurses and community health nurses and its predictors in Malaysia. Malaysian Journal of Public Health Medicine, 16 (3). pp. 66-74. ISSN 1675–0306 http://www.mjphm.org.my/mjphm/journals/2016%20-%20Volume%2016%20(3)/DISASTER%20MANAGEMENT%20IDENTIFYING%20KNOWLEDGE%20OF%20EMERGENCY%20NURSES%20AND%20COMMUNITY%20HEALTH%20NURSES%20AND%20ITS%20PREDICTORS%20IN%20MALAYSIA.pdf
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description	As a front-liner in healthcare services, nurses play an important role in managing disaster victims. Thus, it is crucial for nurses to be prepared when facing disaster. The aim of this paper is to determine the knowledge of emergency nurses (EN) and community health nurses (CHN) with respect to disaster management, as well as identify predictor factors. This comparative cross-sectional study was conducted between October and November 2011. The 17-items of the self-developed questionnaire in assessing knowledge towards disaster management were distributed to randomly selected nurses from 10 emergency and trauma departments (132 respondents) and 8 health clinics (264 respondents) in one of the state in Malaysia. The results showed that both groups had a comparable median score on knowledge, 58.82 with interquartile range (IQR) = 52.94-70.58 for EN and IQR = 48.53-69.12 for CHN. No significant difference in knowledge was identified within these groups, with approximately 59.1% having inadequate knowledge of disaster management. Attending disaster-related education/training was identified as a predictor factor for adequacy of knowledge among EN with significant value of p < 0.01, (AOR) of 3.807, 95% (CI) of 1.584-9.153) and CHN (p < 0.001, AOR = 3.511, 95% CI = 2.097-5.881). As conclusion, emergency and community health nurses have inadequate knowledge with regard to disaster management, and it has been demonstrated statistically that adequacy of knowledge is driven by attending disaster-related education/training, which predicts knowledge level. Therefore, it is paramount for organizations to conduct disaster-related education/training to improve nurses' knowledge.
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author	Ismail, Aniza Faisal Ghazi, Hasanain Ismail, Mohd Saibon Ahayalimudin, Nurul'Ain
author_facet	Ismail, Aniza Faisal Ghazi, Hasanain Ismail, Mohd Saibon Ahayalimudin, Nurul'Ain
author_sort	Ismail, Aniza
title	Disaster management: identifying knowledge of emergency nurses and community health nurses and its predictors in Malaysia
title_short	Disaster management: identifying knowledge of emergency nurses and community health nurses and its predictors in Malaysia
title_full	Disaster management: identifying knowledge of emergency nurses and community health nurses and its predictors in Malaysia
title_fullStr	Disaster management: identifying knowledge of emergency nurses and community health nurses and its predictors in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Disaster management: identifying knowledge of emergency nurses and community health nurses and its predictors in Malaysia
title_sort	disaster management: identifying knowledge of emergency nurses and community health nurses and its predictors in malaysia
publisher	Malaysian Public Health Physicians’ Association
publishDate	2016
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/51743/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/51743/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/51743/1/51743_Disaster_management.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/51743/4/51743_Disaster%20management_Scopus.pdf
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Disaster management: identifying knowledge of emergency nurses and community health nurses and its predictors in Malaysia

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