The Role Of The Public Health Nurse In Disaster Preparedness, Response .

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The Role of the Public Health NurseIn DisasterPreparedness, Response, and ms,awardnumberU50/CCU313903- ‐8- c/communityhealthnursing:ACHNE,ANA,APHA,andAPHN.

rsesmustbeabletodowhattheydobest- ‐- ,Response,andRecovery.PositionPaperSubcommittee: WrightStateUniversity,Dayton,OH- ‐CommitteeCo- h,SantaFe,NM- ‐CommitteeCo- irMillet,MN,APRN,PHCNS- PhD,RN,MPH,FNAP,FAAN.2

TableofContentsAcknowledgements . . .2Introduction . . 4PrinciplesforPHNpracticeindisaster 5Vision. . . 5Purposeanduse . .5PHNRoleinDisaster . . . .5DefinitionandscopeofPHNpractice. . . . 5Puttingitalltogether. . . . ercycle . . .6CompetencyforDisasterPractice . . . es . . . 9ICNFrameworkofDisasterNursingCompetencies . . . . 10LeadershipPlanningandPolicyDevelopment. . .11Leadershipcollaboration . .11Metaleadership(crisisleadership) . . . 12LegalandEthicalIssues . . .13Licensure,geographicboundaries,anddutytorespond . .13GoodSamaritanLaw. . 13Existingprotections . 13Summary .14RecommendedReadingandKeyDocuments . . .15References17 . . .3

The Role of Public Health NursesIn Disaster Preparedness, Response, and r- erecognitionofPHNs’population- innon- entsofcommunitiesimpactedbytheincident,population- esponseoperationsandcommandcenters,in4

ealthNursingSection,2013,p.1).”5

edas:(1)re- osuretomultiplehealththreats(ANA,2013,pp.1- ublichealthall- hnursing’sabilitiesarecriticalforpopulation- depidemiologyandwell- 6

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ionbasedontheirsymptomstriageinvolvingandco- SDURINGexposed,ALARGE- 13:1120.life- ‐savingtreatment. ranincidenthasoccurred.” PUBLICHEALTHTRIAGE:F.M.BURKLE,POPULATION- ,population- munitystakeholderstoplanforanylong- serviceplanningandprovidereal- ‐timeadjustmentonthebasisofreal- ��newnormal”post- ‐disaster.Conductevaluationofthelong- publichealthnursing.

CompetencyforDisasterPracticeIncompetency- ereviewofpeer- andposition- nforandImprovePractice9

ecovery/rehabilitation.Thecompetencydomainsare:1. . Policydevelopmentandplanning3. Ethicalpractice,legalpracticeandaccountability4. Communicationandinformationsharing5. Educationandpreparedness6. Careofthecommunity7. Careofindividualsandfamily8. Psychologicalcare9. Careofvulnerablepopulations10. Long- models,whetherthatPHNpracticeisdeliveredday- ‐to- eyDocumentssectionattheendofthispaper.10

onWell- unityhealth- es(FNSS)fordisaster- (Stanhope,M.,2012;FEMA,2010):1. populationsheltersasotherresidents.2. Statementofpolicyoptionstoaddressthehealthproblem- nsurethatindividualsare11

3. Adoptionofaparticularpolicyoption- ‐ s,medication,andtransportationservices.4. Implementationofapolicyproduct(e.g.,aservice)- endenceinageneralpopulationshelter.FNSSincludes: edures durablemedicalequipment(DME) consumablemedicalsupplies(CMS) personalassistanceservices(PAS) othergoodsandservicesasneeded5. a- ththeconceptofmeta- creasinglycalledforincrisiscomplexityismeta- ‐leadership.Meta- ‐leadershipisnotjustatwo- s:up,down,andsideways.Meta- ‐leadershipisdefinedasafive- ‐dimensionalabilitytoworkwithincross- sefivedimensionsofmeta- rvejoininthesolution.Althoughin- PHNtodevelopfamiliaritywithmeta- ‐leadershipprinciples.12

3).Duringlarge- fycertaingroupsofnursesandpre- ichthecareoraidrenderedwasagood- ,2012).13

ntinuedneedforcompetency- miliaritywithdisasterplans,toincludehands- hepopulation- ertoanytypeofdisaster.14

eSafety/Healthy- ‐Work- ‐Environment/DPR/Disaster- .http://www.wsna.org/Topics/Emergency- ‐preparedness/documents/ASCEC ne.org/

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