EMERGENCY TRAINING, EDUCATION AND PERCEIVED CLINICAL SKILLS FOR TSUNAMI CARE AMONG NURSES IN BANDA ACEH, INDONESIA
ABSTRACT: Nurses are a part of
health care provider who has responsibility to respond to disaster. The nurses
ought to have sufficient knowledge and skills in caring for patients in
disasters such as in a tsunami. Clinical skills of nurses effectively help the
nurses in handling the tsunami emergency response.
Objectives: To describe the levels of perceived clinical skills for
tsunami care in acute response phase (6 months) after tsunami struck, and to
examine the relationship between emergency training, education, and perceived
clinical skills for tsunami care in Banda Aceh, Indonesia.
Methods: This was a correlational study. Systematic random sampling was
employed to recruit 97 nurses in a hospital in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. Data were
collected using questionnaires developed by the researchers and colleagues. The
questionnaires consisted of two main parts: The Demographic Data Questionnaire
(DDQ) and The Tsunami Care Questionnaire (TCQ).
Results: Overall, perceived clinical skills for tsunami care were at a
moderate level with the total mean score of 3.52 (SD = 0.86). Pearson product
moment correlation coefficients indicated significant relationships between
perceived clinical skills for tsunami care and attending emergency training and
education (r = .23, p< .05).
Conclusion: The nurses in the hospital should maintain and improve their
knowledge and skills by regularly attending emergency training and education in
order to respond to disaster more effectively.
Author: Cut Husna, Urai
Hatthakit, Aranya Chaowalit
Journal Code: jpkeperawatangg110007