Knowledge of Nurses Regarding Disaster Management in Tertiary Health Care Hospitals of Lahore

Abstract: This is universally accepted that nurses have inadequate awareness and knowledge regarding disaster management and dealing which is the question mark on the competence and performance of Nurses to deal the disaster in an a competent way. Objective: To assess the knowledge of nurses regarding disaster management. Methods: A quantitative cross sectional descriptive study was carried in Services Hospital and Jinnah Hospital of Lahore during April, 2016. 150 participants having one year working experience were selected through simple random sampling technique. Results: 11% respondents were taken from male nurses and 89% of respondents were female, while 76% of study participants were willing for training regarding disaster management while 24% were not willing. 60% of the participants didn't participated in any disaster management program while 40% had participated in such programs. It was portrayed from current study that nurses had inadequate and insufficient knowledge regarding disaster management in tertiary health care hospital. Conclusions: It was concluded that nurses had insufficient knowledge about disaster management and there was need for updated knowledge and training. Keywords: Nurses, disaster management, nursing practices, disaster training