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Background: The role of nurses in each phase of disaster management is regulated in the Hospital Disaster Plan (HDP) prepared by the hospital team. The experience of nurses in handling disaster at various stages needs to be explored. The aim was to get description of the experiences of nurses in handling hospital disaster plan programs at PKU Muhammadiyah Bantul hospital. Method : This study was a qualitative study with phenomenological approach. Five nurses who have worked minimum five years and involved in disaster team were reqruited. A semi structured interviews range 30 until 45 minutes was conducted. Results: There are 3 themes included the role of nurses in the preparedness and mitigation phase, the role of nurses in the disaster response / emergency response phase and the role of nurses in the development of collaborative networks in disaster management. Conclusion: The role of nurses in running HDP programs is good in terms of preparedness, mitigation, disaster response phases and collaboration network development. Strengthening the capacity of nurses must be continuously improved in running HDP programs.