A nurse from the ICU is participating in the hospital's disaster response preparedness team. One issue that proves difficult for the team to agree on is a statement regarding the standard of medical care observed during a disaster
Which of the following do you think the nurse should recommend to the team?
A) The goal should be to provide the highest care possible, with limited resources and equipment.
B) The lack of resources should not diminish the standard of care that the hospital provides.
C) The medical staff should tend to the needs of the most critically ill first.
D) If electrical power should be lost to the facility, patients on life support should be given lowest priority.
A
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