Emerging Trends and Innovations in Emergency and Disaster Nursing Care

Emergency and disaster situations are becoming increasingly complex, driven by global health threats, climate change, evolving patterns of risk, and the growing impact of war and military/political conflicts. These challenges demand adaptive, evidence-based, and forward-thinking nursing approaches. As frontline responders, nurses play a critical role in delivering timely care, coordinating responses, and strengthening health system resilience across all phases of disaster management.This Research Topic, Emerging Trends and Innovations in Emergency and Disaster Nursing Care, aims to explore the latest developments shaping the field and to highlight innovative practices that enhance the quality, efficiency, and impact of nursing care in emergency and disaster settings. It provides a platform for the dissemination of research that advances clinical practice, education, and policy, while fostering interdisciplinary and global collaboration.We welcome original research, reviews, and perspective articles addressing, but not limited to, the following themes:• Innovations in Clinical Practice: New models of care, advanced nursing roles, triage systems, and critical care approaches in emergency and disaster settings.• Preparedness, Response, and Recovery: Strategies to enhance disaster readiness, surge capacity, emergency planning, and post-disaster recovery led by nursing professionals.• Disaster-Specific Response Dynamics: How the nature, scale, and context of different disasters (e.g., pandemics, natural hazards, armed conflicts) shape nursing roles, resource allocation, care delivery, and coordination strategies.• Education, Training, and Competency Development: Simulation-based learning, competency frameworks, and continuing education initiatives tailored to emergency and disaster nursing.• Digital Health and Technological Innovation: The use of telehealth, artificial intelligence, data analytics, and other digital tools to support decision-making and patient care in emergencies.• Workforce Well-being and Resilience: Mental health, burnout prevention, moral distress, and resilience strategies among nurses in high-stress environments.• Leadership, Policy, and Health Systems: The role of nursing leadership in disaster governance, policy development, ethical decision-making, and system-level innovation.• Interprofessional Collaboration: Teamwork and coordination across disciplines, including physicians, emergency medical technicians (EMTs), and first responders in disaster and emergency care.• Global Collaboration: Cross-border cooperation involving political, regional, and national systems, including humanitarian response, international coordination. Topic editors: Verónica V. Márquez-Hernández, Jessica García González, Santiago Martínez-isasi Source: https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/80224/emerging-trends-and-innovations-in-emergency-and-disaster-nursing-care