Nurses' willingness and readiness to report for duty in a disaster
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香港中文大学研究人员 ( 现职)

冯慧敏博士 (那打素护理学院)

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数位物件识别号 (DOI) http://dx.doi.org/10.5055/jem.2013.0125

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摘要Inadequate healthcare workforce during a disaster affects the survival and health outcome of victims. During disaster strikes, nurses may face a dilemma regarding whether or not to report for duty, facing professional duty and their personal and/or family safety that may be at stake. This is a cross-sectional descriptive study. This study seeks for a better understanding of the factors affecting nurses' willingness and readiness to report for duty in a disaster. A total of 269 currently practicing registered nurses completed the questionnaire. Results showed that only 68.7 percent and 5http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/3.2 percent of nurses were willing to report to work during a disaster. Male nurses were more likely to report to work than females during disaster (p=0.007) and infection outbreak (p= 0.002) situations. Nurses with young children were less likely to report to work during an infectious disease outbreak (http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/34.5 percent vs 55.4 percent, p = 0.0http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/3http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/3). It is concluded that about onethird of nurses indicated that they would not report to work when a disaster strikes.This raises a warning signal for healthcare managers that they need to plan ahead to maintain an adequate workforce when disasters strike. Managers are urged to do more to understand the factors leading to nurses' unwillingness to report to work and to undertake realistic staffing planning to cope with the extra demand. ?2012 by Weston Medical Publishing, LLC.

着者Fung O.W.M., Loke A.Y.
期刊名称Journal of Emergency Management
出版年份201http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/3
月份1
日期1
卷号11
期次1
出版社Prime National Publishing Corp.
出版地United States
页次25 - http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/37
国际标準期刊号154http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/3-5865
语言英式英语

关键词Disaster nursing management, Hong kong nurses, Readiness to work, Willingness to report for duty, Workforce management