1E: Transforming Education to Improve Disaster Preparedness and Health Equity

Wednesday, September 23   |  2:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. 

Nurses are crucial frontline disaster responders yet many lack knowledge and skills in responding to disasters. The lack of readiness exposes systemic vulnerabilities and health equity concerns. This quasi-experimental study aims to evaluate if integrating tabletop exercises into a disaster nursing module increases nursing students' emergency preparedness knowledge and competence.

Presenter: 

Jessica Ochs, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, CNE, CPAHA, FNAP | Endicott College