8B: Incorporating Disaster Management into Entry to Practice Nursing Curricula

Friday, September 25 | 2:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.

With partners from our healthcare system and other disciplines, nursing faculty conducted a Mass Casualty Incident training exercise informed by hazard vulnerability priorities, using didactic and live simulation components for 107 entry-to-practice nursing students. We will present our curricular approach with our health system disaster experts to provide education on triage, scene management, and crisis communication, thereby enhancing student resilience for future emergencies.

Presenters: 

Alicia Kachmar, PhD, RN | University of Pennsylvania

Ann Marie Hoyt-Brennan, MSN, RN | University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing

Jack Welsh, BSN, RN, CEN | Hospital of University of Pennsylvania

Jonathan Bar, MD | Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania