National Estimates of Nurse Practitioner Disaster Preparedness Training

We aimed to determine nationally representative differences in annual hazard-specific disaster preparedness training by health care provider shortage area (HPSA), practice rurality, patient population, and racial/ethnic identity. Weighted estimates were generated from National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses (NSSRN) data, of which 15,408 surveys represented 208,866 nurse practitioners (NPs). Almost two-thirds had engaged in any disaster training annual updates. Fewer rural practitioners had trained for chemical (28% vs 32%) and biological (26% vs. 29%) disasters. Psychiatric NPs engaged in the least disaster training. Our findings provide a national training needs assessment for policymakers, professional organizations, employers, and individual NPs.

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Author Jessica Patience Castner Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Author Valerie K. Sabol School of Nursing