TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2002//
TI  - Knowledge and awareness concerning chemical and biological terrorism: continuing education implications
JO  - Journal of continuing education in nursing
A1  - Rose, Molly A.
A1  - Larrimore, Karen L.
SP  - 253
EP  - 258
VL  - 33
IS  - 6
N2  - BACKGROUND: A survey on knowledge and awareness concerning chemical and biological terrorism was used to assess the knowledge base of health care providers at an urban medical center in preparation for developing a workshop on domestic terrorism preparedness. A second survey assessing domestic terrorism preparedness of infection control personnel and nurse educators also was conducted. METHOD: A total of 291 nurses, physicians, nursing students, and medical students completed the knowledge and awareness survey. A total of 24 infection control personnel and nurse educators completed the second survey on domestic terrorism preparedness. FINDINGS: The knowledge scores of the respondents were low, with less than one fourth of the knowledge questions answered correctly. In addition, less than 23% of the respondents reported confidence to provide health care in a hypothetical chemical terrorism situation. CONCLUSION: These findings indicate a need for nurses in continuing education and staff development to develop, implement, and evaluate innovative domestic terrorism preparedness programs.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-0124
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -