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E-book International Disaster Nursing

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NTERNATIONAL DISASTER NURSING will become a hallmark for
the field of disaster health, and is testament to the broad scope of this dis-
cipline. It is a coherent summary of what we know today and the evi-
dence upon which the science of disaster health is based. The editors of
this book have assembled experts in their respective areas of disaster health who
include not only the nurses to whom the text is directed, but experts from other
disciplines who work in disaster health. The authors hail from fourteen different
countries and, thus, truly represent the international community — the content
has been guided to reflect many perspectives and health systems.
This text will serve those nurses interested in disaster planning and respons-
es as it lays out the essential components of practice in extreme circumstances.
It should help to hone the knowledge and skills of nurses participating in the
continuum of emergency/disaster health care and public health from the evolu-
tion of plans to the implementation of plans in the prehospital, inhospital, and
non-traditional healthcare setting. It includes organizational aspects as well as
individual and team roles and responsibilities. In so doing, the text provides es-
sential elements required for the definitions of disaster health competencies.
Importantly, the scope of the information in this book also will serve as the
basis for the disaster education and training for health professionals in disci-
plines other than nursing. The information and its synthesis will be useful for
all levels of practitioners.
The consistent format used in each of the chapters includes educational
objectives and will facilitate the development of courses in disaster health.
Further, the material easily can be adapted for planners and responders who are
expected to perform at some of the many levels of responses required during a
disaster.
In addition to core knowledge and information relevant to the practices in
disaster health, several chapters address cutting-edge topics, such as disaster
ethics and the design and conduct of disaster research and evaluations. Despite
the fact that the field of disaster health is rife with ethical concerns and dilem-
mas, there are no other texts relevant to disaster health that comprehensively
address the associated ethical issues. This book also provides a sound founda-
tion for those who are or will become interested in the conduct of disaster re-
search and the evaluation of interventions that have or will be used in disaster
planning, relief, and recovery. It further develops the conceptual and opera-
tional frameworks that provide the structure for the conduct and reporting of
disaster research/evaluation projects. Several chapters amplify the concepts and
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information by providing concrete examples using specific events and the
resultant disasters and others examine variations of methods used by different
countries.
The references used by each of the contributing authors are the basis of the
current evidence that exists in disaster health. Their sources not only have
included the peer-reviewed literature, but also legal documents, standards, and
guidelines developed by the humanitarian health community, as well as materi-
al found only in the gray literature. The contributing authors have added their
respective synthesis of the current information using their expertise. What has
resulted is a text with many faces and uses.
International Disaster Nursing is the first text provided by the World
Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine (WADEM). Through this
publication, the Nursing Section of the WADEM has set a very high standard
for future WADEM publications. The WADEM is proud to provide this
extraordinary work to the health community. I congratulate all of the contrib-
utors to this compendium and especially the editors, Robert Powers and Elaine
Daily, for assembling this cadre of experts and for their commitment to making
this text the hallmark that it will become.

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613.6 int r

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New York : Cambridge University Press., 2010

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English

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978-0-521-16800-7

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613.6 int r

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Pernyataan Tanggungjawab

Perpustakaan STIKES Bina Sehat PPNI

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