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paper presented at the 17th World Congress on Disaster and Emergency Medicine, Beijing, China, 31st May.
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Disaster content varies in Australian postgraduate tertiary emergency nursing courses:
implications for educational preparedness
Jamie RanseAssistant ProfessorFaculty of Health University of Canberra
Email: [email protected] Website: www.jamieranse.comTwitter: jamieranse
research team
Mr Jamie Ranse1,2
Prof Paul Arbon2
Mr Ramon Shaban3,4
Dr Julie Considine5,6
Ms Belinda Mitchell6
Mr Shane Lenson7
1. University of Canberra2. Flinders University3. Griffith University 4. Princess Alexandra Hospital 5. Deakin University6. Northern Health7. Royal College of Nursing, Australia
Acknowledgements Ben Morley Scholarship, College of
Emergency Nursing Australasia
background
• Undergraduate programs• In-service• Formal programs• Emergency nursing workforce• National framework
aim
Describe the disaster content in post-graduate emergency nursing programs in Australia
method
• Descriptive and exploratory• Tertiary emergency nursing programs in 2009• Course convenors • Structured telephone interviews
Questions• Convenor• Disaster content• Changes
results: demographics
Gender and age• 10 Female (100%); 42yrs (30 – 53)
Post-graduate education• Disaster: Nil• Other disaster education: 4 (40%)• Education / teaching: 4 (40%)
Nursing experience• General nursing: 19yrs (9 – 24)• Emergency nursing: 13yrs (1 – 21)
results: course content overview
Graduates• 32 per year, per course (9 – 80)
Course delivery• Face-to-face, online, blended and self-directed
Content related to disasters• Yes: 7 (70%)• No: 3 (30%)
results: disaster content overview
Elements of disaster content in courses:Community and public health responsePre-hospital responseHospital responseDisaster triageSustainabilityDisaster exercisesIncident systemsNursing role in disasterCommunications TechniquesManagement of the dead and dyingDisaster plansRole of other organisations in disaster responseMental health in relation to disastersPopulations with specific needsTypes of disastersExamples of disastersHealth effects of disasters
results: disaster content overview
Who delivers the content?• Course Convenor• Expert• Clinician
Modifications• Pandemic / Terrorism• Online• Different speakers
discussion
• Convenors experience varies• Disaster not discussed in all programs• Disaster content varied in all programs
Disaster content varies in Australian postgraduate tertiary emergency nursing courses:
implications for educational preparedness
Jamie RanseAssistant ProfessorFaculty of Health University of Canberra
Email: [email protected] Website: www.jamieranse.comTwitter: jamieranse
