M5 A9 DB: ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF A NURSE IN RELATION TO DISASTER

M5 A9 DB: ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF A NURSE IN RELATION TO DISASTER

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Overview

This discussion board is aligned with the module objective “Explain the role and responsibilities of nurses in relation to disasters.” As part of the discussion you will:

• Describe the role and responsibilities or a nurse in relation to disaster.
• How is your community prepared to handle a natural disaster?

Your initial post must be posted before you can view and respond to colleagues, must contain minimum of two (2) references, in addition to examples from your personal experiences to augment the topic. The goal is to make your post interesting and engaging so others will want to read/respond to it. Synthesize and summarize from your resources in order to avoid the use of direct quotes, which can often be dry and boring. No direct quotes are allowed in the discussion board posts.

Post a thoughtful response to at least two (2) other colleagues’ initial postings. Responses to colleagues should be supportive and helpful (examples of an acceptable comment are: “This is interesting – in my practice, we treated or resolved (diagnosis or issue) with (x, y, z meds, theory, management principle) and according to the literature…” and add supportive reference. Avoid comments such as “I agree” or “good comment.”

Points: 30

Due Dates:

• Initial Post: Thu, Feb 18 by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) of the US.
• Response Post: Sat, Feb 20 by 8:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) of the US – (the response posts cannot be done on the same day as the initial post).

References:

• Initial Post: Minimum of two (2) total references: one (1) from required course materials and one (1) from peer-reviewed references.
• Response posts: Minimum of one (1) total reference: one (1) from peer-reviewed or course materials reference per response.

Words Limits

• Initial Post: Minimum 200 words excluding references (approximately one (1) page)
• Response posts: Minimum 100 words excluding references.

Note: Since it is difficult to edit the APA reference in the Blackboard discussion area, you can copy and paste APA references from your Word document to the Blackboard discussion area.  Points will not be deducted because of format changes in spacing.

Instructions

To be successful, complete the following steps in order:

STEP 1. Review the instructional materials and finish learning activities for this module.

STEP 2. Click here to download the rubric. 

STEP 3. Create a new Word document, type your initial post.

STEP 4. Copy the initial post from the Word document.

STEP 5. Click on “DISCUSSIONS” section located on the left-hand side of your screen in Blackboard.

STEP 6. Post in the discussion forum titled “M5 A9 DB: ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF A NURSE IN RELATION TO DISASTER”

SAMPLE SOLUTION

Nurses are by nature prepared to respond to any kind of disaster and use their professional expertise to assist disaster victims. Disasters are catastrophic events often resulting in extensive damage to property, injuries, and loss of life. They can either be manmade or natural disasters. Nurses are among the first responders to disaster events and their roles include caring for the injured or ill people and helping individuals and families on how to deal with the physical and emotional effects of the disaster (Nies & McEwen, 2018).  In the event of disasters, nurses are required to adapt quickly from focusing on individuals to large numbers of patients both in offering lifesaving and emergency care and in maintaining public health. In 2010, a tornado hit Athens County, Ohio. The tornado touchdown was along Kimberly Road, 4 miles from Nelsonville. Just before the tornado touched down, I was watching my favorite sport on television. Suddenly, the National Weather Bureau sent an alert on mobile phone indicating that a tornado was about to touch down in Athens County. According to the alert, it was less than an hour before the touchdown. Upon…