| Subscale 1 “Nurses’ core competencies in disaster management” |
| A nurse should be able to |
| demonstrate an ability to follow and work within an incident management system. |
1 |
7 |
5.98 |
1.177 |
| identify potential threats with medical implications in response areas. |
2 |
7 |
5.76 |
1.243 |
| provide defensible solutions to a series of ethical dilemmas arising in disaster. |
1 |
7 |
5.60 |
1.289 |
| understand the purpose of disaster plan. |
1 |
7 |
6.14 |
1.124 |
| describing the principles of crisis communication in crisis intervention and risk management. |
1 |
7 |
5.82 |
1.264 |
| maintain knowledge in areas relevant to disaster and disaster nursing. |
1 |
7 |
6.12 |
1.262 |
| describe nurses roles in various disaster assignments (e.g. shelters, emergency care sites). |
2 |
7 |
5.62 |
1.251 |
| participate in planning to meet health care needs in a disaster. |
2 |
7 |
6.00 |
1.094 |
| recognise the disaster plan in the workplace and ones role in the workplace at the time of a disaster. |
1 |
7 |
6.19 |
.972 |
| describe strategies for allocating scarce resources in an ethical manner to optimise population outcomes during triage and treatment. |
2 |
7 |
5.40 |
1.300 |
| list the appropriate steps for requesting psychological first aid for responders, patients, and other victims. |
1 |
7 |
5.45 |
1.270 |
| understand how to prioritise care and manage multiple situations. |
2 |
7 |
6.14 |
.981 |
| manage the resources and supplies required to provide care in the community. |
1 |
7 |
5.31 |
1.417 |
| identify vulnerable populations and coordinating activities to reduce risk. |
3 |
7 |
6.11 |
.908 |
| participate in creating new guidelines for nursing practice in disaster. |
2 |
7 |
5.86 |
1.276 |
| describe the phases of the disaster management continuum: prevention/mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery/rehabilitation. |
2 |
7 |
5.62 |
1.116 |
| provide up-to-date information to the disaster response team regarding health care issues and resource needs. |
1 |
7 |
5.74 |
1.143 |
| develop and maintain a personal and family preparedness plan. |
1 |
7 |
5.70 |
1.200 |
| understand the component of disaster plan. |
1 |
7 |
6.01 |
1.195 |
| use recordkeeping processes to ensure continuity of patient information. |
2 |
7 |
5.78 |
1.118 |
| list and apply principles for managing patients with the most common victims presentations, e.g., environmental illnesses; burns; blast and crush injuries; nuclear, biologic and chemical |
1 |
7 |
5.95 |
1.246 |
| facilitate and perform patient transport effectively and safely during a disaster. |
1 |
7 |
6.14 |
1.127 |
| participate in drills in the workplace and community. |
1 |
7 |
6.05 |
1.305 |
| participate in processes of securing adequate personal, supplies, equipment, and space for patient care (surge capacity). |
1 |
7 |
5.77 |
1.355 |
| identify and communicate important information immediately to appropriate authorities. |
1 |
7 |
6.11 |
1.028 |
| understand relevant disaster terminology. |
3 |
7 |
6.05 |
.895 |
| prioritise patients to maximise survivability. |
3 |
7 |
6.22 |
.853 |
| Subscale 2 “Barriers to developing core competencies” |
| Lack of training programs in the workplace. |
2 |
7 |
6.06 |
1.172 |
| Ineffective training opportunities. |
1 |
7 |
6.02 |
1.281 |
| Lack of formal educational resources. |
1 |
7 |
6.00 |
1.169 |
| Lack of health organisation support. |
2 |
7 |
5.88 |
1.347 |
| Lack of expert staff in disaster nursing. |
2 |
7 |
6.25 |
1.141 |
| Lack of evaluation instruments. |
1 |
7 |
5.94 |
1.270 |
| Restriction of nurses roles in disaster management. |
1 |
7 |
5.86 |
1.432 |
| Lack of research studies on disaster nursing. |
2 |
7 |
6.04 |
1.243 |
| Subscale 3 “Nurses’ roles and responsibility in disaster management” |
| I participate in education and training activities for health care providers that relate to disaster management. |
1 |
7 |
3.00 |
2.172 |
| I have a role in identifying the education and training needs of nurses with regard to disaster management. |
1 |
7 |
3.02 |
2.034 |
| I am authorised to activate a local disaster plan. |
1 |
7 |
2.62 |
1.974 |
| I participate in developing disaster plans and policy in my hospital. |
1 |
7 |
3.23 |
2.213 |
