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Evaluation of Nurses’ Competency, Motivation, and Stress Levels in Disaster Management

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 November 2024

Sennur Kula Şahin  and
Zehra Aydin Open the ORCID record for Zehra Aydin [Opens in a new window]
Sennur Kula Şahin*
Affiliation:
Istinye University, Health Sciences Faculty, Surgical Nursing Department, Istanbul, Turkey
Zehra Aydin
Affiliation:
Atlas University, Health Sciences Faculty, Medical Nursing Department, Istanbul, Turkey
*
Corresponding author: Sennur Kula Şahin; Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

Objectives

This study was conducted to determine the relationships between nurses’ competency, motivation, and stress levels in disaster management, as well as to shed light on the establishment of effective disaster management programs.

Methods

In our research we used a correlational, descriptive, cross-sectional design. The sample of the study was composed of 498 nurses working in Turkey. The “Descriptive and Professional Characteristics and Disaster Experiences of Nurses” form, the “Competencies for Disaster Nursing Management Questionnaire,” the “Perceived Stress Scale,” and the “Nurses Job Motivation Scale” were used in data collection.

Results

Nurses’ disaster management competency and motivation levels were found to be adequate, and their stress levels were found to be moderate. A weak positive correlation was found between disaster management competency and motivation, but a weak negative correlation was found between stress levels. Age, education level, experience level, training in disaster nursing, and knowledge of duties and responsibilities in disasters were associated with significant differences in terms of disaster competency and its dimensions, motivation, and stress levels.

Conclusions

The study found that nurses’ disaster experiences impacted their competency, feeling of preparedness, and stress and motivation levels, and motivation was found to be a predictor of increasing competency.

Keywords

nursingdisaster managementcompetencymotivationTurkey
Type
Original Research
Information
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness , Volume 18 , 2024 , e251
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc.

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