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You are the nurse leader involved in your local Crisis Response Team.  Your community (it may be a township, city, or county) is trying to update their emergency response plan.  For this exercise, using the most common natural disaster

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Purpose

This assignment is intended to help you learn to formulate strategies using clinical judgment and decision-making skills to lead planning efforts for an emergency situation.

Overview

For this assignment you will explore the skills and knowledge you will need to prepare a community for a disaster. You will produce a summary of a community emergency/disaster plan. In order to prepare to write this plan, take the following steps:

Step 1: Identify the most common natural disaster in your community. You could use this or a similar resource to help you: Common Natural Disasters Across U.SLinks to an external site..

Step 2: Review this scenario:

You are the nurse leader involved in your local Crisis Response Team.  Your community (it may be a township, city, or county) is trying to update their emergency response plan.  For this exercise, using the most common natural disaster for your community, you are going to explore the current resources and plans available for your community, and identify gaps and potential resources to fill those gaps.

The exercise will help you understand the need for community resources to protect a community during and after an emergency situation. To successfully complete this assignment, you will address each of the following:

  • Explore your community disaster/emergency response plans (look at city, county, etc., using search terms such as “disaster preparedness,” “crisis management,” and/or “emergency management.”)
  • Are there emergency/disaster strategic plans in place? What elements do they contain?
  • Identify current resources, and gaps where additional resources may be needed.  Consider needs for safe water, housing, transportation, and food and medical supplies.
  • What plans are in place to ensure health of the community, including care of the injured, management of the deceased, and physical and mental health. 
  • Identify the partner agencies (such as Red Cross, United Way, etc.) and governmental agencies (FEMA, Homeland Security, etc.) that may be needed to support a crisis response.
  • Discuss the current communication plans and alert systems and recommend additional communication strategies.

Action Items

  1. Complete the required readings for this module.
  2. Write a 2- to 3-page summary of your community emergency/disaster plans, addressing each of the bulleted items listed in the Overview for this assignment.
  3. Use APA format and be sure to cite the web resources that you searched for your community.
  4. Submit the completed first draft of your assignment. Your work will automatically be checked by Turnitin. 
  5. Access your Turnitin report by reviewing your Submission Details for this assignment. Revise your work as needed based on the feedback. 
  6. By the due date indicated, re-submit the final version of your work. 

Rubric

Disaster PreparednessDisaster PreparednessCriteriaRatingsPtsThis criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeEmergency Preparedness Plan90 to >83.0 ptsAll elements of the plan were included as stated in the assignment. The plan design reflects community protection and strategies to improve collaboration and communication. Strategies apply enhanced clinical judgement and decision-making skills.83 to >76.0 ptsMost elements of the plan were included as stated in the assignment. The plan design reflects community protection and strategies to improve collaboration and communication. Strategies apply clinical judgement and decision-making skills.76 to >0 ptsThe plan was not created and/or did not include strategies that applied clinical judgment and decision-making skills.90 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeAPA, Grammar, and Mechanics10 to >9.0 ptsFollows all APA guidelines for writing skills, formatting, citing, and referencing sources. Contains no notable spelling, grammatical, or mechanical errors.9 to >8.0 ptsFollows most APA guidelines for writing skills, formatting, citing, and referencing sources. Few spelling, grammatical, and/or mechanical errors.8 to >0 ptsDoes not consistently follow APA guidelines for writing skills, formatting, citing, and referencing sources. Has many spelling, grammatical, and/or mechanical errors.10 pts
Total Points: 100PreviousNext
 

Overview

During this module we will look at the role of the professional nurse in working with aggregates in the community.  We will emphasize the components of health promotion and disease prevention at the individual and population level in order to improve the health of individuals, families, groups, communities, and populations. In addition, we will explore the health attitudes, beliefs, and practices of culturally diverse populations.

Learning Outcomes

After successfully completing this module, you should be able to:

  • Describe the practice of community focused and community based nursing.
  • Formulate strategies using clinical judgment and decision-making skills to lead planning efforts for an emergency situation.
  • Develop clinical prevention and population-focused interventions for culturally diverse populations.

Reading & Preparation

Here are the resources you need to prepare for this module:

  • Explore the Healthy People 2030Links to an external site. site. Focus on the 2030 Leading Health IndicatorsLinks to an external site. section.
  • The Franklin University Infectious Disease ExerciseDownload The Franklin University Infectious Disease Exercise
  • A Global Public Health Convention for the 21st CenturyLinks to an external site.
  • CDC Community Health Assessments and Health Improvement PlansLinks to an external site.
  • Nurses in Disaster Preparedness and Public Health Emergency ResponseLinks to an external site