Introduction: Nurses are the first people that attend the accident site. Therefore, they
must be able to take care of victims and have skill to prevent detrimental effects of disaster.
The aim of this study was to determine competencies among Shahrekord emergency nurses
responded in disaster situation with Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE).
Materials & Methods: This study was a descriptive study which 25 emergency nurses of
educational hospital in Shahrekord were recruited by census statistical methods. Competency
of nurses for responding in disaster situation were evaluated by utilizing 8-station objective
structured clinical examination (OSCE). In each station "Task Based Checklist" has been
used for evaluation. For measuring validity, content validity and for reliability, test re test
was used. Data were analyzed by using SPSS/16.
Findings: The mean scores of nurses' performance in 8 stations were less than average. In
triage station was (3.5±1.6), life support (4.4±1.2), airway management (3.9±1.5), Chest tube
insertion (4.9±1.5), naso gastric tube insertion (6.1±2.2), IV therapy (1.9±0.7), IV line
insertion (5.4±1.3), suturing (8.6±1.5) urinary catheterization (9.1±1.5).
Conclusion: Competencies of nurses in providing care in disaster were undesirable and
less than average in all skills. So it is essential for nurses to acquire clinical and special skills
to prepare for disaster situation