Question

A nurse is helping a family whose home was destroyed by a tsunami two days earlier. The family has had no food, water or shelter. Which stage of a crisis is most important for the nurse to place his/her focus?

a. Working out a solution to escape the crisis

b. Focus on rebuilding

c. Anxiety

d. Approaching danger

Answer 1

In this case one family loose their home, food and water. Hence here most important thing is that how we can save them from tsunami crisis means by providing food , shelter and water. Because if life is there, then only we can do something for them and food , water and shelter is of primary need of human being to survive.

Option a

To escape the crisis is most important here to save the life and to transfer the family to safe place. If family their only where tsunami came then it is of no use as again and again crisis will come. We don't know whether in future it will happened or not.

Option b

Option b also correct that rebuilding, but it is of short period. E.g. if you rebuild and again crisis came means your effort is zero.

Option c

Anxiety

It is incorrect stage as we are doing nothing but worrying about crisis.

Option d

Approaching danger

It is incorrect stage because as a health practitioner we have to build confidence in community not to underestimate them.

Option a is more correct stage to focus and then option b.