title: Overburdened Systems and Dealing With Disaster: Nursing Administrators' Experiences and Nursing Leadership Recommendations From a State-Level Perspective.
abstract: Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the Louisiana coast on August 29, 2005. Since 2005, there has been a dramatic increase in natural, infectious, and man-made disasters. It is more evident that nursing leaders and administrators need to be prepared for all hazards. The purpose of this article is to provide nursing administrators with a perspective of state-level leadership during a natural disaster and to suggest recommendations based on lessons learned during Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Gustav, and Ike in 2005. These come from a state governmental public health and a state nursing school within an academic health sciences center.
authors.affiliation: Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, School of Nursing, New Orleans (Drs Millet and Porche).
authors.forename: Clair P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Millet
authors.forename: Demetrius J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Porche
mesh_terms: D057179:Advanced Practice Nursing / Q000193:education; D002959:Civil Defense; D055867:Cyclonic Storms; D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000592:standards*; D006078:Government Programs; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D008008:Licensure, Nursing / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008145:Louisiana; D009718:Nurse Administrators; D012579:Schools, Nursing / Q000592:standards*