The nursing staff is planning to attend a presentation on disaster prevention. What should the nurse expect the purpose of this education to be?
1. to learn the organization's disaster plan
2. to have the nurses participate in the plan for handling a disaster
3. to educate the nurses in how to recognize possible terrorists
4. to learn how the nurse will participate in mitigation
Correct Answer: 4
Mitigation is the action taken to prevent or reduce the harmful effects of a disaster on human health or property. A key nursing activity related to mitigation is the active participation in learning activities to be able to teach the general public. The staff should already be familiar with the organization's disaster plan. The focus of the program is prevention, not handling a disaster that has already taken place. Recognition of terrorists is not the focus of the nursing team.
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