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Preparing for disaster is crucial as it will eliminate delays in providing care in conditions that would be abnormal in the daily running of an emergency department.\n\nAim:\u00a0To identify emergency nurses\u2019 disaster preparedness competencies in caring for patients during a disaster.\n\nSetting:\u00a0The study was conducted in emergency departments and trauma centres that respond to disasters and mass casualty incidents.\n\nMethods:\u00a0A focused mapping review and synthesis was conducted where, articles published between 2006 and 2022 were searched utilising keywords relating to emergency nurses\u2019 disaster preparedness through the following databases: SCOPUS, Sabinet, EBSCO host, ProQuest, PubMed and Google Scholar. Data were extracted from articles that met the inclusion criteria and placed into an extraction table where themes were developed.\n\nResults:\u00a0Of the 38 articles identified, duplicates were removed and 15 remained after an abstract review and full-text download. The review yielded five themes: communication, preparation and planning, incident management system, safety and security and intervention, the most dominant disaster competencies.\n\nConclusion:\u00a0Communication, incident management, safety and security, preparedness and planning are the most identified integral domains within other identified domains. Integrating these aspects in nurses\u2019 continuous training and curricula is recommended to emphasise and enhance disaster preparedness and management knowledge.\n\nContribution:\u00a0This review has emphasised emergency nurses\u2019 disaster preparedness domains, enhancing disaster preparedness and management knowledge and further influencing education and training for undergraduate and postgraduate nursing students.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.4102\/hsag.v30i0.2770","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,1,31]],"date-time":"2025-01-31T03:57:11Z","timestamp":1738295831000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4102\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":10,"title":["Emergency nurses\u2019 disaster preparedness competencies: A focused mapping review and synthesis"],"prefix":"10.4102","volume":"30","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1526-2815","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Tshepo L.","family":"Motsepe","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"id":[{"id":"https:\/\/ror.org\/03rp50x72","id-type":"ROR","asserted-by":"publisher"}],"name":"University of the Witwatersrand"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2190-1505","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Shelley","family":"Schmollgruber","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"id":[{"id":"https:\/\/ror.org\/03rp50x72","id-type":"ROR","asserted-by":"publisher"}],"name":"University of the Witwatersrand"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"2580","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,1,31]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref0","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Alfred, D., Chilton, J., Connor, D., Deal, B., Fountain, R., Hensarling, J. et al., 2015, \u2018Preparing for disasters: Education and management strategies explored\u2019, Nurse Education in Practice 15(1), 82\u201389. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.nepr.2014.08.001","DOI":"10.1016\/j.nepr.2014.08.001"},{"key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Alim, S., Kawabata, M. & Nakazawa, M., 2015, \u2018Evaluation of disaster preparedness training and disaster drill for nursing students\u2019, Nurse Education Today 35(1), 25\u201331. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.nedt.2014.04.016","DOI":"10.1016\/j.nedt.2014.04.016"},{"key":"ref2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Al Thobaity, A., Plummer, V. & Williams, B., 2017, \u2018What are the most common domains of the core competencies of disaster nursing? 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