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Nepal: The Role of Nurses After Nepal Earthquake 2015

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The role of a professional nursing organization, that is, the Nursing Association of Nepal (NAN), in disaster management after the devastating earthquake in April 25, 2015, shows how nurses supported a technological innovation in managing health information in the country during and after the disaster. Nurses were trained on rapid health assessment and use of electronic health records and referral system and a surveillance system to help in gathering information on the ground to inform health interventions.

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  • Nepal Earthquake
  • Rapid Health Assessment
  • Professional Nursing Organizations
  • Inform Health Interventions
  • Minimum Initial Service Package (MISP)

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  1. Nursing Association of Nepal, Tribhuvan University Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, Nepal

    Tara Pohkrel PhD, ChandraKala Sharma MSc & Apsara Pandey MSc

  2. Kochi University, Kochi, Japan

    Sakiko Kanbara PhD

  3. University of the Philippines Open University, Manila, Philippines

    Sheila Bonito DrPH

  4. Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, Philippines

    Maria Regina Estuar PhD

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    Dr. Sheila Bonito

  2. University of Kochi, Kochi, Japan

    Prof. Hiroko Minami

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Pohkrel, T., Kanbara, S., Bonito, S., Estuar, M.R., Sharma, C., Pandey, A. (2017). Nepal: The Role of Nurses After Nepal Earthquake 2015. In: Bonito, S., Minami, H. (eds) The Role of Nurses in Disaster Management in Asia Pacific. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41309-9_7

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