Abstract: China is a vast country with frequent occurrences of disasters, which brings threats to people's survival and health. In the process of disaster relief, nurses play indispensable roles and their competence of disaster rescue depends heavily on disaster nursing education. However, the disaster nursing education in China needs to be greatly enhanced because of its later start. In this article, we compared curriculum setting, education forms, content, teaching methods, examination and qualification certification between China and foreign countries to identify deficiencies of disaster nursing education in China. Moreover, targeted suggestions were proposed to provide reference for future development in this area.

Key words: disaster, nursing, education