TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - Evaluation of an instrument to measure nurses' familiarity with emergency preparedness
JO  - Military medicine
A1  - Garbutt, Susan J.
A1  - Peltier, James W.
A1  - Fitzpatrick, J. J.
SP  - 1073
EP  - 1077
VL  - 173
IS  - 11
N2  - The events of September 11, 2001, and the 2005 devastation of Hurricane Katrina have emphasized the importance of educating all nurses in emergency preparedness and bioterrorism. METHODS: Further evaluation (secondary data analysis) of the Emergency Preparedness Information Questionnaire (EPIQ) was conducted, to assess nurses familiarity with emergency preparedness. RESULTS: This study confirmed that the EPIQ, as revised, has sound psychometric characteristics (construct validity and internal reliability) as a tool to measure nurses' self-reported level of familiarity with emergency preparedness. CONCLUSIONS: Additional studies using the revised EPIQ should provide data to assist civilian and military nurse educators and to facilitate the development of competency-based, relevant, emergency preparedness curricula.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0026-4075
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -