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{"id":2395,"date":"2020-08-08T00:32:26","date_gmt":"2020-08-08T00:32:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nursingwritersbureau.com\/?p=2395"},"modified":"2020-08-08T00:32:26","modified_gmt":"2020-08-08T00:32:26","slug":"hw1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nursingwritersbureau.com\/hw1\/","title":{"rendered":"hw1"},"content":{"rendered":" – Select a potential natural or man-made disaster that could happen in
\n > your community. Then, write a 3- to 4-page paper about the disaster from
\n > the community nurse\u2019s perspective.
\n >
\n > Section 1: The Disaster, Man-Made or Natural
\n >
\n > – What disasters may strike your community and why? For example, do you
\n > live in \u201cTornado Alley,\u201d or has climate change resulted in unusual cold
\n > weather snaps or blizzards in your community? Are you located in a flood
\n > plain? Include possible diseases that may result from a natural
\n > disaster,
\n > such as tetanus or cholera.
\n >
\n > Section 2: The Nursing Response
\n >
\n > – Formulate responses to the disaster, considering systems and community
\n > levels of intervention.
\n > – Review websites where a disaster plan may be available for the public,
\n > or if one is not currently available, call public health department to
\n > see
\n > if a disaster plan exists for your community and what the plan contains.
\n > – In addition to reviewing websites for information about your local
\n > disaster plan, you will need to locate best practice\/evidence-based
\n > practice guidelines in professional literature to determine whether your
\n > community\u2019s disaster plan is as sound as it might be or if there is room
\n > for improvement.
\n >
\n > Section 3: Is My Community Prepared for a Disaster?
\n >
\n > – What conclusions can you draw about your community\u2019s preparedness plan
\n > from having completed this evaluation?
\n >
\n >
\n > Week 4: Evidence-Based Practice in Disaster Planning: Nurses as Leaders
\n >
\n > – Public health surveillance is one way that public health officials
\n > target intervention strategies (Turlock, 2016). Often, it is through
\n > prompt
\n > recognition of and reporting of incidents of communicable disease that a
\n > disaster can be averted (Turlock, 2016). Surveillance activities often
\n > prompt questions such as, What is causing the disease? How is it
\n > spreading?
\n > And who is at risk (Turlock, 2016)? While it is true that preparedness
\n > planning cannot eliminate all traces of threat to a community, planning
\n > assures that medical services and treatment are deployed in an
\n > effective,
\n > efficient, and rapid manner (Turlock, 2016). Public health plays a vital
\n > role in coordination of providers, assurance of supplies particularly
\n > when
\n > the Strategic National Stockpile pharmaceuticals and supplies are
\n > required,
\n > and mobilization of state and national response systems. Public health
\n > officials may also provide health care services when required (Turlock,
\n > 2016).
\n > – Stanhope (2016) noted that evidence-based practice (EBP) has become
\n > more important in health care for many reasons: increased expectations
\n > of
\n > consumers, increased availability of information through the Internet,
\n > increased accountability for results, health care economic changes, and
\n > growing numbers of lawsuits, among other reasons. EBP is a lifelong
\n > problem-solving approach that regularly produces excellent results and
\n > often provides the theoretical underpinnings for programs to mitigate
\n > problems in the community. Once programs are in place, evaluation of
\n > their
\n > effectiveness should be conducted to determine whether they are worth
\n > the
\n > continued expenditure of resources. Use of EBP is vital to assure safe
\n > outcomes for populations during disasters, such as massive communicable
\n > disease outbreaks, and should be the foundation of disaster-planning
\n > strategies.
\n >
\n >
\n > Required Readings
\n >
\n > Stanhope, M., & Lancaster, J. (2016). Public health nursing:
\n > Population-centered health care in the community (9th ed.). St. Louis, MO:
\n > Elsevier.
\n >
\n > – Chapter 15, \u201cEvidence-Based Practice\u201d (pp. 342\u2013354)
\n > – Chapter 23, \u201cPublic Health Nursing Practice and the Disaster
\n > Management Cycle\u201d (pp. 503\u2013528)
\n > – Chapter 24, \u201cPublic Health Surveillance and Outbreak Investigation\u201d
\n > (pp. 529\u2013544)
\n > – Chapter 25, \u201cProgram Management\u201d (pp. 545\u2013567)
\n >
\n > Required Media
\n >
\n > – Laureate Education (Producer). (2009a). Family, community and
\n > population-based care: Emergency preparedness and disaster response in
\n > community health nursing [Video file]. Baltimore, MD: Author.
\n > – TED. (2012). How to step up in the face of disaster [Video file].
\n > Retrieved from
\n >
\n > https:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/caitria_and_morgan_o_neill_how_to_step_up_in_the_face_of_disaster
\n > – This Ted Talk describes the actions of two sisters who step up as
\n > leaders during a tornado disaster in their community.
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