A nurse in a healthcare facility receives a call that the facility will be bombed. What action should the nurse take after receiving the bomb threat?
A) Notify the facility's security personnel.
B) Investigate if the call is a hoax.
C) Ask clients to vacate the facility.
D) Notify staff by telephone.
A
Feedback:
A nurse receiving a bomb threat should notify the facility's security personnel or the local police immediately. The nurse should not attempt to investigate whether the call is a hoax. The nurse needs to call and let trained personnel decide what action to take rather than asking clients to vacate the facility. The nurse need not notify staff by telephone; healthcare facilities use a cascade system of notifying staff that a disaster has occurred and that their assistance is needed immediately.
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