TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - National Disaster Health Consortium: competency-based training and a report on the American Nurses Credentialing Center Disaster Certification development
JO  - Nursing clinics of North America
A1  - Smith, Sherrill J.
A1  - Farra, Sharon L.
SP  - 555
EP  - 568
VL  - 51
IS  - 4
N2  - As the largest profession of health care providers, nurses are an integral component of disaster response. Having clearly delineated competencies and developing training to acquire those competencies are needed to ensure nurses are ready when disasters occur. This article provides a review of nursing and interprofessional disaster competencies and development of a new interprofessional disaster certification. An overview of a standardized disaster training program, the National Disaster Health Consortium, is provided as an exemplar of a competency-based interprofessional disaster education program.<br><br>Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0029-6465
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cnur.2016.07.008
ID  - ref1
ER  -