Competencies, Scope of Practice in Disaster

Mohammed Alharbi

Abstract: This paper reviews the literature pertaining the core competencies in disaster nursing. This paper discusses competing issues of core competencies in disaster nursing, nursing education and competencies, nurses perspectives on competencies in disaster nursing, nurses experience and competencies in disaster nursing, and the need for specific competencies for each type of disaster. The appropriate standardized framework for disaster nursing core competencies should be utilized in the nursing practice worldwide and the ICN framework appears to be the most practical so far.

Keywords: core competencies, disaster nursing, ICN framework