The nurse, a member of the Disaster Medical Assistance Team, does not attend critical incident defusing sessions and plans to return home prior to the beginning of any critical incident stress debriefing meetings
The nurse realizes that she is increasing her risk of developing: 1. Post-traumatic stress disorder.
2. Chronic fatigue syndrome.
3. Fibromyalgia.
4. Nutritional deficiency.
Post-traumatic stress disorder.
Rationale: Critical incident stress management is a comprehensive approach to the management of stress and critical incidents. There are seven components to the approach, and the point of the interventions is to prevent the development of post-traumatic stress disorder, which has been identified in approximately 9% of those exposed to critical incidents in recent years. There is not enough information to know if the nurse will develop chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, or a nutritional deficiency because of participating as a Disaster Medical Assistance Team member.
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