Nurses have unique responsibilities in a disaster. In the summer of 2004 four consecutive hurricanes swept through Florida. Which of the following were tasks the nurses on disaster medical assistant teams did?
1. Set up immunization clinics
2. Assisted in running hospitals so the regular staff could go home to repair dam-aged homes
3. Provided all the medical care for disaster victims
4. Allowed pets to come to the shelters with disaster victims
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Nurses assisted in running hospitals so the regular staff could go home to repair damaged homes and set up care centers in front of the hospital.
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