Many nursing skills needed in emergency or disaster situations are familiar to nurses. What is an example of a routine nursing activity that needs to be completed during stage 2 of preparedness?
A) Develop/implement prevention strategies for worksites, community sites, and home.
B) Participate in agency or community vulnerability assessments and strategies for improvement.
C) Locate/be able to respond to institutional emergency plans.
D) Organize and participate in community immunization activities.
Ans: C
"Locate/be able to respond to institutional emergency plans" is an example of nursing activity to be completed during the preparedness stage of disaster response. Develop/implement prevention strategies for worksites, community sites, and home; participate in agency or community vulnerability assessments and strategies for improvement; and organize and participate in community immunization activities are examples of nursing activities to be completed during the prevention stage of disaster response.
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