The document discusses a study that aimed to explore the roles of nurses who participated in responding to the Black Saturday bushfires in Victoria, Australia in 2009. The study used qualitative methods like interviews and focus groups to collect data from nurses and analyzed the data to understand what roles nurses played. Key findings showed that nurses took on roles beyond clinical care during the disaster response that helped address broader health, social and community needs.

1. BEYOND A CLINICAL ROLE
Jamie Ranse www.jamieranse.com
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2. overview
• Background
• Aim
• Method
• Findings
• Discussion

3. INTERNATIONAL

4. NATIONAL

5. HEALTH-AFFECTED DISASTER?

6. Australian participation: on-shore
CYCLONE TRACY = DAYS
#CHCH #EQNZ = MINS

7. EDUCATION-PRACTICE
MISMATCH

8. WILL YOU ASSIST?

9. aim
To explore the roles of nurses that
participated in the Black Saturday and
Victorian bushfires in February 2009

10. method
• Design
• Data collection
• Data analysis
• Protection of human participants

11. WHAT WAS THE
ROLE OF NURSES?

12. discussion
• Who should we send to disasters?