Paper Title
PSYCHOLOGICAL FIRST AIDTRAINING FOR NURSES: A LITERATURE REVIEW

Abstract
Background: Psychological First Aid (PFA) training for nurses is evidence-based training as a form of psychological support for nurses facing crisis situations and helps nurses provide psychological support to victims experiencing crisis or disaster situations . Objective : This research aims to synthesize the benefits of PFA training for nurses, the development of PFA training for nurses and the use of information technology in PFA training for nurses. Method : A search for English language literature was carried out using the Scopus, PubMed, Science Direct, Proquest, and Google Scholar databases published from 2019-2024. Results: 20 studies included in this literature review. The findings show that PFA training for nurses is useful in increasing community resilience and self-care strategies as well as nurses' mental health well-being, increasing knowledge, skills, attitudes, performance competence, resilience, self-efficacy, self-esteem, optimism and post-traumatic growth. PFA training has been carried out using various methods including face-to-face teaching in class, using information technology and a combination of both. The implementation of information technology in PFA training for nurses has been carried out, but is limited to certain countries whose effectiveness is still doubtful if applied in other countries which have different systems and cultures. Conclusion: PFA training has an impact on nurses' mental health and is useful in helping nurses provide psychological support to victims experiencing crisis or disaster situations. There is a need to include PFA training in nursing education curricula and structured training in disaster preparedness in communities and health services. Keywords : PFA training, nurses, disaster preparedness