: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations of a nursing professional.
OVERVIEW
Create a 10–15 slide PowerPoint presentation that compares how different communities respond to crises, describes obstacles to providing health care services related to community crises, and explains current practices for providing health care services related to community crises. Recommend an evidence-based nursing response for providing health care services related to community crises.
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:
- Competency 1: Explain the factors that affect the health of communities.
- Explain how a crisis situation affects community health.
- Competency 3: Develop an evidence-based nursing response for providing health care services related to community crises.
- Compare different approaches for responding to a community crisis.
- Describe obstacles to providing health care services related to a community crisis.
- Recommend an evidence-based nursing response for providing health care services related to community crises.
- Explain current practices for providing health care services related to community crises.
- Competency 4: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations of a nursing professional.
- Write content clearly and logically with correct use of grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.
- Correctly format citations and references, using current APA style.
CONTEXT
As in acute nursing, emergencies do arise in the community/public health arena. These emergencies can take the form of manmade or natural disasters. Health care professionals have had to increase their awareness of their duty to care during these situations. The need for planning and preparing for these possible events is being reinforced (Tomczyk, et al., 2008). Public health nurses bring specific skills to disaster response. Their roles can range from first responders to policy developers.Reference
Tomczyk, D., Alvarez, D., Borgman, P., Cartier, M., Caulum, L., Galloway, C., … Meske, D. (2008). Caring for those who care: The role of the occupational health nurse in disasters. AAOHN Journal, 56(6), 243–250.
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Internet Resources
Access the following resources by clicking the links provided. Please note that URLs change frequently. Permissions for the following links have either been granted or deemed appropriate for educational use at the time of course publication.
- Federal Emergency Management Agency. (2008, January). Emergency support function #8 – Public health and medical services annex(ESF #8). Retrieved from http://www.fema.gov/pdf/emergency/nrf/nrf-esf-08.p…
- Lee, C. H. (2010). Disaster and mass casualty triage. American Medical Association Journal of Ethics, 12(6), 466–470. Retrieved from http://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/2010/06/cprl1-…
- Columbia University Medical Center. (n.d.). National center for disaster preparedness. Retrieved from http://ncdp.columbia.edu/
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (n.d.). Emergency preparedness and response: Preparation and planning. Retrieved from http://emergency.cdc.gov/planning/
- Ward, J. (2012, November 28). Guidelines for nurses: How to prepare for a natural disaster. Retrieved from http://www.nursetogether.com/guidelines-nurses-how…