2017 Volume 4 Issue 1 Pages 26-38
Aim: A systematic literature review was conducted to explore research on the subject of nurse leadership competencies during disasters.
Methods: A modified Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA)search and review method was used, with pre-specified inclusion and exclusion criteria, definition of terms, and documentation of selection decisions, to retrieve articles published in the last 5 years that contained some or all of the desired search criteria. Articles were excluded if they were unrelated to leadership during disasters, or had solely an education- or clinical-care focus. Three reviewers performed the screening process.
Results: Interrater reliability (0.81) was confirmed through two rounds of title review and two rounds of abstract review. Twenty-two articles from a total of 207 identified were deemed relevant from a search using PubMed, CINAL, Scopus, Embase and Web of Science.
Conclusion: Results from the literature search were limited, and few articles were directly related to the specific search. Three articles that were reviewed addressed disaster competencies; no articles were found to focus on nursing or nursing leadership disaster competencies. This negative literature search revealed that more rigorous research on nurse leadership needs to be conducted and available, from then which a cohort of standardized competencies can be shaped to address future disaster management.
