A national curriculum for nurses in emergency preparedness and response.
Preliminary and continuing education concerning emergency preparedness is needed for nurses. Although some nurses have had natural disaster training, most have not had training to respond to bioterrorism events. Several organizations are working to develop standards and curricula for such training. This article highlights these efforts.
Weiner
Elizabeth E
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International Nursing Coalition for Mass Casualty Education, Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, Nashville, TN 37240, USA. betsy.weiner@vanderbilt.edu
D003479:Curriculum; D004189:Disaster Planning; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006286:Health Planning Councils; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D017146:Models, Organizational; D016730:Program Development; D014481:United States