EFFECTIVENESS OF DISASTER NURSING INTERVENTION ON NURSES' PREPAREDNESS IN DEALING WITH DISASTERS: LITERATURE REVIEW

Abstract

Preparedness is a series of activities to anticipate disasters through appropriate and effective steps to ensure a quick and effective response when a disaster occurs. Nurses who are good at implementing and standardizing disaster preparedness are needed. This literature review aims to determine the effectiveness of disaster nursing interventions on nurses' preparedness in dealing with disasters. The data for this study were taken from four relevant databases, PubMed, Science Direct, EBSCO, and Google Scholar, using the PIOS (Participant, Intervention, Outcomes, and Study Design) method. Keywords "nurse" or "disaster management," "disaster education" or "disaster simulation," "disaster training" or "disaster preparedness," and "disaster readiness." The data collected came from journals published between 2019 and 2024, both in English and Indonesian (open access and full text), and were original articles. Of the total n = 2,774 articles found, only n = 12 met the inclusion criteria. The results of this literature review explain that various interventions aimed at improving nurses' disaster preparedness such as educational programs, online training, simulation exercises, and contingency plan-based human resource management each offer unique advantages and face distinct challenges.