Disaster
Management
Part 1
1. Respond to parts 1 and 2 below. In your replies, focus on similarities and
differences among the location, target population, selected disaster, and nurse
actions.
2. Select
and describe a natural or man-made disaster that could occur in the county
where your live, work, or where your Experiential Learning site is located. Hurricane
3. Identify
your target population and include your rationale for why you selected this
disaster. Target population Elderly
Part 2
1. Describe
what you as a nurse should do by addressing the following:
·
o Preparedness: How
would you prepare your target population for this type of disaster?
o Response:
If you are the only nurse at the scene, what actions would you take?
o Recovery:
How would you handle the recovery efforts that are specific to your target
population?
Initial Response: Post insightful initial integration of concepts, ideas, & information from required textbook as a reference and additional supportive evidence from at least one (1) other scholarly resource within the past five seven (7) years, and your personal clinical experience. There is little to no use of quotations..
