title: Nursing educators' perceptions about disaster preparedness and response in Istanbul and Miyazaki.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  As healthcare professionals, nursing educators need to be prepared to manage and deliver care in what are often dangerous conditions. This research aims to determine and compare nursing educators' perceptions of disaster preparedness and response (DP&R) in Istanbul and Miyazaki.
  
  
  METHODS
  An 18 question descriptive questionnaire was used.
  
  
  RESULTS
  One hundred and forty-four nursing educators representing two state university nursing schools in Istanbul, Turkey, and one state and two private universities in Miyazaki, Japan were enrolled. Educators had an average age of 40 years and had been educators for 1-15 years. Just over half of the participants had basic knowledge regarding DP&R with most of them considering taking special courses in the future. The majority considered "caregiver" as a role they could undertake in a disaster situation. The existence of major concerns and conflicts in disaster responses were low. The top ranked item was in the area of conflict between family and job responsibilities. Age and academic levels showed significant differences in basic knowledge on DP&R. Regardless of knowledge in this subject area, no statistical significance on personal preparedness or being a volunteer to disaster events was found.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Nursing educators were not thinking about what kinds of disasters occur in the areas where they currently teach and were underprepared to deal with disaster situations. To improve the perceptions of the nursing educators on DP&R, mass casualty care and disaster management skills need to be incorporated into formal education and training on disaster preparedness and workplace preparedness.
authors.affiliation: Division of Surgical Nursing, Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, University of Istanbul, Istanbul.
authors.forename: Seher Deniz
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Öztekin
authors.forename: Eric Edwin
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Larson
authors.forename: Gülay
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Altun Uğraş
authors.forename: Serpil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yüksel
authors.forename: Sevim
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Savaşer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004189:Disaster Planning; D005181:Faculty, Nursing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D038622:Internationality; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010465:Perception; D014421:Turkey
keywords: disasters; emergency preparedness; nursing faculty; perception; response