International Disaster Nursing
The effects of a disaster on health care can range from conditions that immediately besiege the system with large numbers of patients, to catastrophes that strain its long-term sustainability. Nurses as frontline health professionals, must have an understanding of the situations they may face before, during and after a disaster and they must develop the skills and strategies to provide effective and immediate care. International Disaster Nursing is the first truly comprehensive and internationally focused resource to address the diversity of issues and myriad scenarios that nurses and other health personnel, could encounter during a disaster event.

International Disaster Nursing is an accessible, comprehensive resource that addresses a multitude of scenarios and highlights the diversity of issues that nurses, and indeed all health professionals, may face during a disaster event. This text identifies and defines the many roles of the nurse and aids the implementation of the community’s disaster plans in a crisis. It provides important information regarding regional and international emergency management agencies and how nurses might coordinate efforts with these groups to ensure that the best possible level of care is provided during a disaster situation.

International experts provide chapters on biological, chemical, natural, pandemic and explosive disasters. Others address disaster events and implications in the world’s poorer countries; populations with special needs; ethical issues; and conducting disaster research. Important features include chapter objectives, real-world vignettes, and extensive references. With an alarming increase in the occurrence of disasters in the last decade, International Disaster Nursing is the hallmark text in the field.

International Disaster Nursing is co-edited by WADEM members, Elaine Daily and Robert Powers, with contributions from many members of the WADEM International Nursing Section.

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