TY - JOUR PY - 2012// TI - Using Disaster Exercises to Determine Staff Educational Needs and Improve Disaster Outcomes in Rural Hospitals: The Role of the Nursing Professional Development Educator JO - Journal of continuing education in nursing A1 - Anderson, Denise A. SP - 284 EP - 288 VL - 43 IS - 6 N2 - Using human potential in rural hospitals is vital to successful outcomes when handling disasters. Nursing professional development educators provide leadership and guiding vision during a time when few educational research studies demonstrate how to do so. This article explains the role of the rural nursing professional development educator as a disaster preparedness educator, facilitator, collaborator, researcher, and leader, using the American Nurses Association's Nursing Professional Development: Scope and Standards of Practice.

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LA - en SN - 0022-0124 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.3928/00220124-20120201-24 ID - ref1 ER -