Playing Sick and Injured: The Experiences of Undergraduate Nurses as Casualty Actors in a Mass Casualty Simulation Exercise

The increase in frequency and severity of mass casualty incidents as a result of extreme climate events, global terrorism, pandemics and nuclear incidents, has made it important to prepare nurses with necessary skills and knowledge to manage such incidents (Currie,  Kourouche, Gordon, Jorm& West, 2018). Nurses are essential health care providers during a mass casualty response, and the performance of nurses at such times relies heavily upon their training and preparation (Cusack  et al., 2010). The purpose of this paper is to report the findings of a study exploring the experiences of undergraduate nurses as they participated in the role of a casualty actor in a mass casualty simulation exercise.
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