Australasian emergency nursing journal : AENJ
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Australas Emerg Nurs J · Nov 2012
ReviewNursing in the emergency department (ED) during a disaster: a review of the current literature.
The aim of this review was to explore the current literature about working as a nurse in the emergency department (ED) during a disaster. Nurses play an important role in caring for patients that present to the ED following a disaster. While there is a great deal of literature written about disasters and disaster response, little has been written from the emergency nursing perspective. ⋯ The literature highlights concern about the preparedness of ED nurses for disaster response and the capacity of nurses to transition to working in a disaster situation.