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The lived experience of Australian nurses working in disaster environments
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THE LIVED EXPERIENCE OF AUSTRALIAN NURSES WORKING IN DISASTER ENVIRONMENTS Jamie Ranse RN FRCNA Assistant Professor Faculty of Health University of Canberra Web: www.jamieranse.com Twitter: jamieranse Phone: +61 (0)2 6201 5380 Email: jamie.ranse@canberra. edu.au Supervisors: Professor Paul Arbon and Dr Lynette Cusack
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First PhD progress presentation delivered at the University of Canberra, Disciplines of Nursing and Midwifery Research Residential School, 31 March 2011
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THE LIVED EXPERIENCE OF AUSTRALIAN NURSES WORKING IN DISASTER ENVIRONMENTS
Jamie Ranse RN FRCNAAssistant ProfessorFaculty of Health University of Canberra
Web: www.jamieranse.comTwitter: jamieransePhone: +61 (0)2 6201 5380Email: [email protected]
Supervisors: Professor Paul Arbon and Dr Lynette Cusack
overview
• Background• What we know;
– Experience– Role– Education– Willingness– Resources – Professional issues
• What we don’t know• Outline PhD plan
background
• How do you define ‘disaster’?
TFQCDM/WADEM, 2002
what we know: experience
• Descriptive events• Little or no out-of-hospital experience
Ranse, et al., 2010; Robertson, et al., 2005
what we know: role
• Victorian bushfires• Wenchuan earthquake• Queensland floods
Cameron, et al., 2009; Ranse, et al, 2010; Yang, et al., 2010
what we know: education
• Currently haphazard approach• On-the-job• Competencies• Future – within a framework
Duong, 2009 ; Hammad, et al., 2010; Ranse, et al., 2010; Usher, et al., 2010
what we know: willingness
• Most willing• Not all able• Not prepared
Arbon et al, 2010; Arbon et al, 2006
what we know: resources
• Granville train crash and bridge collapse• Wenchuan earthquake• Communicable diseases
Yang, et al., 2010
what we know: professional issues
• Altered level of care• Autonomous practice• Challenges in staffing
what we don’t know
PhD plan
Question• What is it like for Australian nurses to work in the out-of-
hospital environment during disaster response or recovery?
Design• Hermeneutic phenomenological
Population / Sample• Nurses deployed in a civilian team (not defense)• Actively participated in the response or recovery to a
disaster in the out-of-hospital environment
PhD plan
Participant recruitment• DoHA records of people deployed OR• Purposive / advertised with snowballing• ~30 participants
Data collection• Semi-structured individual interviews at 2 points in time
Data analysis • Thematic analysis• Sententious approach
van Manen M, 1990
PhD plan
THE LIVED EXPERIENCE OF AUSTRALIAN NURSES WORKING IN DISASTER ENVIRONMENTS
Jamie Ranse RN FRCNAAssistant ProfessorFaculty of Health University of Canberra
Web: www.jamieranse.comTwitter: jamieransePhone: +61 (0)2 6201 5380Email: [email protected]
Supervisors: Professor Paul Arbon and Dr Lynette Cusack
