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Nurses Taking On Readiness Measures - Mercer County, New Jersey
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Nurses Taking On Readiness Measures (N-TORM) for Disaster and Vulnerable Populations. Completed, enrolled 31 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
Nurses Taking On Readiness Measures (N-TORM) is an innovative nurse-driven household emergency preparedness (HEP) intervention modeled after an existing community intervention provided by emergency management personnel. This phase I feasibility pilot study will describe the implementation and effectiveness of N-TORM in the community setting, but provided by nurses. The aims of this implementation study are to: (a) increase the reach of N-TORM to vulnerable populations; (b) evaluate the effectiveness of N-TORM for increasing HEP knowledge and behavior; (c) implement N-TORM in a community located in an area at increased risk for disasters, measuring consistency of delivery, time, and cost of N-TORM; (d) describe the factors necessary to maintain and expand N-TORM, and; (e) pilot test a new HEP instrument in order to perform psychometric testing on the instrument and generate reliability and validity data.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
The intervention will begin with instructing the participant to complete the Family Disaster Plan booklet. The principal investigator will talk about the different sections of the booklet and instruct the participants how to fill out their emergency plans. Participants will write their medical history, medications, physician, next of kin, pharmacy contact information, evacuation plan information, family communication plan, and insurance policy numbers and contact information. The booklet includes household emergency preparedness recommendations, evacuation zone information, a disaster supply kit contents list, local utility company contact information, shelter locations, and special needs and priority utility restoration registry information. The participants will be provided with a disaster supply kit after successful completion of the booklet. The disaster supply kit is part of the intervention and is not considered compensation.