Charleen C. McNeill, PhD, MSN, RN, discusses key findings from a survey of nurses' emergency preparedness competence, the current state of emergency training, and what nurse leaders can do about it.
"Nurses are widely recognized for the key roles they play in disaster preparedness and response," says Charleen C. McNeill, PhD, MSN, RN, an associate professor in the nursing science department at East Carolina University College of Nursing in Greenville, North Carolina. Nurses are critical in the acute post-disaster phase of response measures. In this week's feature story, Charleen C. McNeill, PhD, MSN, RN, discusses key findings from a survey of nurses' emergency preparedness competence, the current state of emergency training, and what nurse leaders can do about it. Also, in this issue: COVID-19: UW Health Uses Telehealth Technology for Virtual Rounding During the Pandemic, Aspire to Identify and Prevent Medication Errors and to Avoid Blaming Attitudes New Research Shows Disproportionate Rate of Coronavirus Deaths in Polluted Areas | |
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Son Hoang Editor, Nursing | |
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