The most important aspect of training and practicing for disasters is:
1. Allowing each nurse to take the role with which they are comfortable.
2. Ensuring each nurse can take on all roles as they occur.
3. Addressing concerns of each participating nurse at each disaster exercise.
4. Making sure each nurse can react instinctively regardless of situation.
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Explanation: 1. It is most important, as nurses have concerns and fears at each practice or simulation, that their
fears be addressed to ensure nurses are more comfortable in the role as provider of emergency
care. Each nurse needs to take responsibility for all roles, and not just those with which they
are comfortable. In addition, it is more important that a nurse react with the client?s and their
own safety in mind.
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