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The
aim of the instrument is to advance knowledge about perceived
military nursing readiness at the Department of Defense
- that is - Army, Navy, and Air Force level of analysis.
The primary goal is to provide Commanders and other leaders
in the United States (U.S.) military with a profile of
the extent to which military nurses perceive that they
are prepared for the expectations and rigor of the progressively
more frequent readiness missions required of military
personnel. A civilian READI is also presented for medical
personnel in the civilian community who are part of disaster
preparedness. In the military arena, readiness has been
described (Davis & Woods, 1999) as the ability of the
military member to leave home for areas unknown, for indefinite
periods of time, to perform multiple physically demanding
tasks in austere environments. Readiness in the military
is divided conceptually into individual and collective
readiness. Individual readiness is an attribute at the
level of an individual person, while collective readiness
refers generally to the readiness of a group or other
aggregate. The Readiness Estimate and Deployability Index
will focus on individual readiness. The Readiness Estimate
and Deployability Index (READI) used for U.S. Army medical
personnel and the revised READI used for U.S. Air Force
medical personnel (READI-R-AFN) is a questionnaire developed
to identify how prepared nurses or other medical personnel
believe they are for deployments. The completion of this
questionnaire is essential in helping Commanders and those
in leadership positions determine training needs in preparation
for such deployments.
The READI is an index of readiness and is a comprehensive
assessment. The READI-R-AFN is an index of readiness and
is not a comprehensive assessment. The READI and the READI-R-AFN
is a self-assessment tool or instrument to measure self-report
of individual readiness along six areas not otherwise
reported by the organization. The instrument measures
the rich complexity of individual readiness along the
lines of six dimensions: 
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Clinical
Nursing Competency
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Operational
Competency
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Airman Survival Skills
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Physical/Psychosocial/Personal
Readiness
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Leadership
and Administrative Support
-
Group
Integration and Identification
There
are several sections on the READI and READI-R-AFN. Completion
of the survey should take less than 50 minutes for the
READI and less than 30 minutes for the READI-R-AFN. Please
give careful thought to each item and respond as accurately
as possible. Your input is very important to Commanders
and others in leadership positions in identifying and
determining training needs. The results of the READI and
the READI-R-AFN will focus preparations and training for
readiness.
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