title: Skill set requirements for nurses deployed with an expeditionary medical unit based on lessons learned.
abstract: Based in Kuwait 3 years apart, the authors recount how nurses and corps staff, along with their physician counterparts, came together to form well-run medical facilities under adverse circumstances. Their respective hospitals became competent organizations because of specific formulas for success, along with preparation, identification of required skill sets, and making improvements based on experience. This article describes the training of medical, nursing, and corps staff, the facilities and resources required for managing casualties, and some of the more commonly encountered combat injuries and conditions.
authors.affiliation: Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, 620 John Paul Jones Circle, Portsmouth, VA 23708, USA. john.whitcomb@med.navy.mil
authors.forename: John J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Whitcomb
authors.forename: Kimberly J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Newell
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D006772:Hospitals, Military / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006775:Hospitals, Packaged / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007374:Interior Design and Furnishings; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D054542:Iraq War, 2003-2011; D007730:Kuwait; D008888:Military Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000523:psychology; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000523:psychology; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology