title: Providing culturally competent care during disasters: strategies for nurses.
abstract: Planning for and responding to disasters involves more than traditional emergency management; members of vulnerable populations should be included in the disaster response cycle. Nurses are key to employing culturally competent strategies with vulnerable populations during disasters, enhancing the access of these populations to care and reducing their health disparities.
authors.affiliation: Louisana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, USA. ddana@lsuhsc.edu
authors.forename: Denise
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Danna
authors.forename: Marsha J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Bennett
mesh_terms: D054521:Cultural Competency; D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D020380:Needs Assessment; D009729:Nursing; D014481:United States; D035862:Vulnerable Populations