Fothergill Alice, Palumbo Mary Val, Rambur Betty, Reinier Kyndaron, McIntosh Barbara
Department of Sociology, 31 South Prospect Street, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405-0176, USA.
Public Health Nurs. 2005 Sep-Oct;22(5):414-21. doi: 10.1111/j.0737-1209.2005.220506.x.
Inactive nurses' interest in volunteering for emergency preparedness was examined.
A mail survey was sent to the entire Vermont Board of Nursing list of in-state inactive and lapsed registered nurses (n = 3,682). A high rate of undeliverable surveys (60%) was found and 611 surveys were returned for a 20% response rate.
Twenty-seven percent of the respondents were interested in volunteering. Those interested in participating in volunteer work as part of a national homeland security effort were significantly more likely to (a) be younger in age (p < 0.0001); (b) identify themselves as "being a nurse" (p = 0.001); (c) be employed versus retired (p = 0.002); and (d) be currently volunteers (p = 0.001).
Because 33% of the nation's nurses are over age 50, inactive nurses offer a potentially large pool of volunteers for emergency preparedness training and response in the years to come.
调查非在职护士参与应急准备志愿服务的兴趣。
向佛蒙特州护士委员会登记在册的所有本州非在职及过期注册护士（n = 3,682）发送邮件调查问卷。发现问卷未送达率很高（60%），共收回611份问卷，回复率为20%。
27%的受访者表示有兴趣参与志愿服务。那些有兴趣作为国家国土安全工作一部分参与志愿工作的人更有可能：（a）年龄较轻（p < 0.0001）；（b）将自己认定为“护士”（p = 0.001）；（c）在职而非退休（p = 0.002）；以及（d）目前是志愿者（p = 0.001）。
由于全国33%的护士年龄超过50岁，非在职护士在未来几年可能为应急准备培训和应对提供大量潜在志愿者资源。
