A nurse manager is leading an education session regarding disaster triage for emergency department nurses. Which statement should the manager include in this instruction?
1. "Follow your current triage system."
2. "Your triage system will be reversed during a disaster."
3. "Triage is not necessary during disasters."
4. "Your triage system will basically be first-come, first-served."
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Rationale 1: Triage in a disaster is vastly different than "normal" triage.
Rationale 2: Triage is reversed during a disaster. The least injured clients are seen first.
Rationale 3: Triage is essential during disasters.
Rationale 4: Triage follows a designated plan and is not first-come, first-served.
Global Rationale:
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