Özet:

The expression of emergency means catastrophe, catastrophe and is more often used in the meaning of "catastrophe". Disasters are natural or human-source events that cause physical, social, economic and environmental losses for the whole or certain sections of society, which disrupt the life of society by interrupting or interrupting human activities. Disasters threaten the physical well-being of individuals as well as the psychosocial well-being, causing serious health problems. Due to the high frequency of disasters and their devastating effects on society, each country needs to develop appropriate disasters management strategies. As disasters result in direct health-related events such as injury, injury, illness and death, health workers are especially emergency workers, mental health workers and public health workers in disasters management.                 In order to reduce the health risks and life-threatening damages that may occur in disasters, nurses are responsible for health management, assistance and care throughout the disasters process.  In the case of disasters, many physical, emotional and behavioral reactions occur in individuals, and these reactions vary according to the developmental periods of individuals. Therefore, nurses need to take into account the individual and developmental characteristics of disasters after disasters, to support their harmony, to help rebuild their relations with the family and society, to ensure effective use of social support resources. Keywords: disaster; effects of disaster; nursing