During a natural disaster, nurses may be called on to act as first responders. The nurse recognizes the importance of agencies in the development of plans for the organization and management of such events
FEMA and the National Response Plan team have established protocols to: a. Protect the health and safety of the public.
b. Seek the cause and prevent future events.
c. Establish criteria on which specific groups of people will be protected.
d. Isolate certain ethnic groups for the good of the country.
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A One of the purposes of these agencies is to protect the health and safety of the public in general.
B The agencies are not responsible for determining the cause of the event.
C This is not true.
D This is not true.
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