Annual Review of Nursing Research, Volume 30, 2012

Disasters and Humanitarian Assistance

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Annual Review of Nursing Research, Volume 30, 2012

Disasters and Humanitarian Assistance

Editors

Mary Pat Couig, MPH, RN, FAAN

Patricia Watts Kelley, PhD, RN, FAAN

Christine Kasper, PhD, RN, FAAN

Description

This landmark annual review has provided nearly three decades of knowledge, insight, and research on topics critical to nurses everywhere.

The purpose of this annual review is to critically examine the full gamut of literature on key topics in nursing practice, including nursing theory, care delivery, nursing education, and the professional aspects of nursing.

Past volumes of Annual Review of Nursing Research have addressed critical issues such as:

Chronic illness
Geriatrics
Alcohol abuse
Patient safety
Rural nursing
Tobacco use
Nursing workforce issues
Genetics

For the first time ever, we invite readers to purchase either individual issues of this annual review, or to subscribe to the complete periodical and gain access to all previously published and forthcoming issues.

Contents

ABOUT THE VOLUME EDITORS

CONTRIBUTORS

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

CHAPTER 1: CONDUCTING RESEARCH DURING DISASTERS

Roberta Proffitt Lavin, Lisa Schemmel-Rettenmeie, Molly Frommelt-Kuhle

CHAPTER 2: NURSING LEADERSHIP IN DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE

Ann R. Knebel, Lauren Toomey, Mark Libby

CHAPTER 3: CONDUCTING ETHICALLY-SOUND DISASTER NURSING RESEARCH

Michaela R. Shafer, Laurel Stocks

CHAPTER 4: LEGAL ISSUES IN EMERGENCY RESPONSE

Bobby A. Courtney, Chad Priest, Paul Root

CHAPTER 5: PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT OF DISASTERS ON COMMUNITIES

Sharon A. R. Stanley, Susan Bulecza, Sameer Vali Gopalani

CHAPTER 6: RECONSIDERING “SPECIAL NEEDS” POPULATIONS DURING A DISASTER

Roberta Proffitt Lavin, Lisa Schemmel-Rettenmeier, Molly Frommelt-Kuhle

CHAPTER 7: NURSING INFORMATICS RESEARCH ISSUES IN DISASTER AND HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE

Elizabeth Weiner, Lynn A. Slepski

CHAPTER 8: UPDATE ON COMPETENCIES AND EDUCATION

Kristine M. Gebbie, Alison Hutton, Virginia Plummer

CHAPTER 9: WILLINGNESS AND ABILITY

Mary Pat Couig

CHAPTER 10: INTERNATIONAL DISASTER HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE FOR NURSES

Andrew C. Stevermer

Authors

Patricia Ann Watts Kelley, PhD, RN, FNP-C, GNP-C, FAANP, is Health Sciences Officer at the Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Research and Development, Washington DC, and on faculty at Excelsior College Department of Nursing. She is also Associate Professor in the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Graduate School of Nursing, Bethesda, MD.

Christine E. Kasper, PhD, RN, FAAN, is Professor and Senior Research Scientist at the Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Nursing Services, Washington, DC; Professor at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD; and Member of the Governor’s Committee on Spinal Cord Injury Research in Maryland.

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