title: [Management competency of persons registered as disaster nurses in the Pretorian Civil Defense].
abstract: The essential management role of the disaster nurse during disaster action was outlined, researched and described. Her competency to execute effectively disaster relief tasks before, during and after a disaster occurring outside a hospital, was studied. Management tasks were identified which nurses should have mastered regarding disaster situations occurring outside hospital boundaries. Research data were gathered by means of a questionnaire on the biographic detail of disaster nurses registered with Civil Defence in Pretoria, in order to recommend a course specifically aimed at fulfilling their requirements. The research project identified requirements of the disaster nurse for appropriate further training, practise and guidance regarding the identified management tasks. It became evident that training is required in most of the tasks, and a training course for nurses in disaster management was designed.
authors.affiliation: Departement Verpleegkunde, Universiteit Van Suid-Afrika, Unisa.
authors.forename: S W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Booyens
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Perold
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002959:Civil Defense; D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D016529:Emergency Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D015401:Nursing Administration Research / Q000379:methods; D011361:Professional Competence; D012380:Role; D013019:South Africa; D014505:Urban Population