Journal of the Society of Disaster Information (한국재난정보학회 논문집)
- Volume 4 Issue 2
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- Pages.94-104
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- 2008
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- 1976-2208(pISSN)
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- 2671-5287(eISSN)
Exploration on Disaster Nursing Education in Korea
한국의 재해간호교육 실태
- Received : 2008.10.11
- Accepted : 2008.11.18
- Published : 2008.12.31
Abstract
Purpose: The disaster occurs increasingly on the earth and nurses are requested to call out to on-sites or help emergency situation. This descriptive study was done to explore the disaster nursing education in Korea. Method: Data was collected from 116 nursing undergraduate program and 93 colleges responded, and analyzed frequencies and percentiles. Results: There was no institution offering Disaster Nursing titled course. Emergency Nursing was mostly combined with disaster nursing. More half (52.7%) did not deal disaster nursing concept at all, from which half had no plan to open in the near future. The lack of teaching manpower was shown. Recommendation: To meet the nursing need in disaster situation, disaster nursing competencies should be included in nursing major subject at the basic education level to be a registered nurse in Korea.