title: Progress on a Call to Action: Nurses as Leaders in Disaster Preparedness and Response.
abstract: This article provides an update on the progress of the "Call to Action: Nurses as Leaders in Disaster Preparedness and Response." A steering committee, initiated, directed, and supported by the Veterans Emergency Management Evaluation Center of the US Department of Veterans Affairs, has undertaken the work of bringing together subject matter experts to develop a vision for the future of disaster nursing. The ultimate goal is to ensure that every nurse is a prepared nurse. As one result of this work, the Society for the Advancement of Disaster Nursing has held its inaugural meeting in December 2016.
authors.affiliation: Emergency Management and Registered Nurse Transition to Practice, Office of Nursing Services, Veterans Health Administration, US Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, District of Columbia (Dr Couig); Veterans Emergency Management Evaluation Center, Office of Patient Care Services, Veterans Health Administration, US Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, North Hills, California (Mss Gable and Griffin and Drs Katzburg and Dobalian); Undergraduate and Prelicensure Education, Saint Louis University School of Nursing, St. Louis, Missouri (Dr Langan); Online Education and Outreach, Penn State University College of Nursing, University Park, Pennsylvania (Dr Wolgast), Research and Global Health Nursing, School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu (Dr Qureshi); Academic Programs, College of Nursing, University of Missouri-St. Louis (Dr Lavin); and Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, Center for Humanitarian Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland (Dr Veenema).
authors.forename: Mary Pat
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Couig
authors.forename: Alicia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gable
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Griffin
authors.forename: Joanne C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Langan
authors.forename: Judith R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Katzburg
authors.forename: Kelly A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Wolgast
authors.forename: Kristine
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Qureshi
authors.forename: Aram
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dobalian
authors.forename: Roberta Proffitt
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Lavin
authors.forename: Tener Goodwin
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Veenema
mesh_terms: D002959:Civil Defense / Q000592:standards*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003697:Delphi Technique; D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000592:standards*; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D024802:Nurse's Role; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011637:Public Health Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States; D014493:United States Department of Veterans Affairs