Qualitative Investigation of Nurses' Working Conditions After a Major Earthquake in Türkiye

IF 3.4 3区医学 Q1 NURSING Journal of Advanced Nursing Pub Date : 2025-02-12 DOI:10.1111/jan.16805

Ayşe Gül Parlak, Rabiye Güney, Gülnur Akkaya, Yasemin Karacan, Yeliz Akkuş, Esin Danç

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Abstract

Aims

We aimed to determine the working conditions and share the experiences of local earthquake-affected nurses and volunteer nurses from other regions in the first days after the Kahramanmaraş earthquakes that took place in Türkiye on February 6, 2023.

Design

A phenomenological approach was adopted in this inductive qualitative study.

Methods

In-depth individual interviews were held between April and May 2023 with a total of 16 nurses who worked in the earthquake-affected areas or were voluntarily assigned from other provinces. Thematic analysis was used to evaluate the data, and the study adhered to the COREQ checklist.

Results

Seven themes were generated from the data: earthquake scenes, organisation, nurses' actions, preparedness, volunteering, basic necessities, and the emotional spectrum. The organisation theme had three subthemes: uncertainty, communication and coordination, and excessive workload.

Conclusion

The results of this study can be a guide in preventing and rapidly addressing the problems encountered in post-disaster nursing care. To cope with the sudden increase in workload, atypical cases, and ethical dilemmas after a disaster, we recommend updating the current nursing curriculum, modifying existing hospital disaster plans, and conducting further studies to increase the physical and psychological resilience of nurses responding to disasters and emergencies.

Implications for the Profession

The findings of this study may provide a basis for nurses to advocate for change and better disaster preparedness. Nurses can be better prepared by knowing the conditions in an earthquake zone. It may also encourage the development of post-earthquake recovery programs for the psychosocial health of nurses.

Impact

The results of this study can be used to restructure earthquake preparedness programs, starting in undergraduate education, to prepare nurses for major earthquakes. In addition, it may guide policy-makers and health care professionals, especially nurses, in optimally preparing for earthquakes and planning and implementing nationwide technology-supported earthquake preparedness programs.

Patient or Public Contribution

No patient or public contribution.

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日本一次大地震后护士工作状况的定性调查

我们的目的是确定当地受地震影响的护士和来自其他地区的志愿者护士在2023年2月6日发生在土耳其的喀拉曼马拉地震后的最初几天的工作条件，并分享他们的经验。设计采用现象学方法进行归纳定性研究。方法于2023年4月至5月对16名在地震灾区工作或自愿从其他省份调来的护士进行深入的个人访谈。采用主题分析对数据进行评价，研究遵循COREQ检查表。结果从数据中产生了七个主题：地震场景、组织、护士的行动、准备、志愿服务、基本必需品和情绪谱。组织主题有三个次级主题：不确定性、沟通和协调以及过度工作量。结论本研究结果对预防和快速解决灾后护理中遇到的问题具有指导意义。为了应对灾难后突然增加的工作量、非典型病例和道德困境，我们建议更新当前的护理课程，修改现有的医院灾难计划，并进行进一步的研究，以提高护士应对灾害和紧急情况的身心恢复能力。本研究结果可能为护士倡导变革和更好的备灾提供依据。护士可以通过了解震区的情况来更好地做好准备。它还可以鼓励震后护士心理健康恢复项目的发展。影响本研究结果可用于重建地震防备计划，从本科教育开始，使护士做好应对大地震的准备。此外，它还可以指导政策制定者和卫生保健专业人员，特别是护士，为地震做好最佳准备，并规划和实施全国性的技术支持的地震防备计划。病人或公众捐款：没有病人或公众捐款。

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Journal of Advanced Nursing 医学-护理

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369

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3 months

期刊介绍： The Journal of Advanced Nursing (JAN) contributes to the advancement of evidence-based nursing, midwifery and healthcare by disseminating high quality research and scholarship of contemporary relevance and with potential to advance knowledge for practice, education, management or policy. All JAN papers are required to have a sound scientific, evidential, theoretical or philosophical base and to be critical, questioning and scholarly in approach. As an international journal, JAN promotes diversity of research and scholarship in terms of culture, paradigm and healthcare context. For JAN’s worldwide readership, authors are expected to make clear the wider international relevance of their work and to demonstrate sensitivity to cultural considerations and differences.