Description
Assignment Content
- Public health officials can play a huge part in disaster planning and emergency preparedness.
Analyze disaster response and emergency preparedness:- Identify nursing roles and responsibilities during each phase of disaster management. Consider:
- Planning
- Preparedness
- Response
- Recovery
- Evaluate your community or state's plan for preparedness and disaster management:
- Does it include provisions for each phase of preparedness and disaster planning?
- Does it clearly account for community needs?
- Does the plan include evidence of thought beyond the written report?
- Is there evidence of a record keeping system for resources, treatment, and identification of victims?
- Are there redundancies built into the plan should one option fail? Are backup plans in place?
- Analyze the plan for addressing mass casualty situations.
Explanation & Answer
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Disaster Response
Name
Institution
Nursing Roles and Responsibilities
Planning
Nurses play different roles during disaster planning.
Some of the roles include;
Finding out the severity of the disaster likely to occur
Determining the necessary resources to be used during a
disaster
Finding out the most vulnerable people to the disaster (Saja et
al., 2019)
Nursing Roles and Responsibilities Cont’d
Preparedness
The second phase in disaster management involves preparedness.
The nurses’ roles and responsibilities during this phase include;
Engaging in various training programs on how to address the
disaster
Availing the ...