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Nursing Services in Kahramanmaras Earthquakes in Turkiye: A Needs Analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 November 2024

Mehtap Omac Sonmez Open the ORCID record for Mehtap Omac Sonmez [Opens in a new window]  and
Feyza Nazik
Mehtap Omac Sonmez*
Affiliation:
Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University, Health Science Faculty, Department of Public Health Nursing, Kahramanmaras, Turkiye
Feyza Nazik
Affiliation:
Bingol University, Health Science Faculty, Department of Nursing, Bingol, Turkiye
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Corresponding author: Mehtap Omac Sönmez; Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

The injuries that occurred in earthquakes caused an accumulation in hospitals and the need for health services increased. The most needed human resource in the provision of health services in disasters is nurses. The aim of this study is to determine the scope of nursing services in earthquakes and to identify the service needs in hospitals during the February 6 earthquakes in Turkey. In this study, Delphi technique was used for needs analysis. The managers of health institutions in 11 provinces that experienced the earthquake were interviewed to determine how nursing services are carried out during earthquakes. As a result of this study, it was determined that there were inadequacies in triage, identification of earthquake victims, medical intervention and keeping records, identification of deceased earthquake victims, storage of personal belongings, communication with relatives of earthquake victims, and psychosocial support services in disasters such as earthquakes where many people were seriously injured. It has been observed that there is a need for disaster nurses and forensic nurses to work in these areas and it is thought that these 2 nursing fields should be taken into consideration in the planning of health professional resources in disasters.

Keywords

disaster nursingnursing servicesearthquakehospitalearthquake victim
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Original Research
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Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness , Volume 18 , 2024 , e291
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© The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc.

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