Question

discuss the nurse executives role in all hazards preparedness along with issue pertainin to level of alert benchmarks for preparedness role of long term care facilities in disaster plans disaster preparedness alliances and educational content

Answer 1

Answer: Disaster preparedness includes many things such as adequate stock of medicine, essential first aid kit etc. The role of nurses in the disaster preparedness includes many things such as they keep check on the stock availability of the medicines, number of drips, injection etc. During the disaster nurse are the one who take intensive care of the patients. Along with the care they also educate the people about how to handle the situation at the time of emergency when any attack or disease occurs during disaster. Atleast they can give first aid to themselves from the sources available to them. For example nurse educate the public about the any patient suffers from breathlessness at the time of disaster. So if no other sources are available or no clinic is near by, Patient should be given CPR. Nurses teaches the CPR process to handle the situation. Counseling for the people who get displaced due to the disaster etc.