Abstract

Disaster nurses are an important part of the health team that is on the scene during disaster events or works in the disaster area after the disaster. Disaster nurses play a role in a wide range of issues in-cluding data collection, clinical practices related to the maintenance of vital activities of patients relatives, triage, patient care, psychological first aid, education, public health problems, reporting, vaccination and determination of health needs in limited resources in the disaster crisis response process. The aim of this study is the compilation of literature information on the experiences of nurses and nurse candidates with natural disasters. In the working method, using Web of Science, Scopus, and PubMed literature search tools, relevant sub-topics until 2025 were evaluated by using keywords related to disaster and nursing experiences. The evaluation of the experience studies on disaster nursing may guide further research in the field of disaster management in determining

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