Role of nurses in disaster management
This session focuses on nurses and the role they play across the disaster continuum: from deskwork to active participation in disaster response, and afterwards in ensuring a continuity of efforts to help survivors and communities in the recovery and rehabilitation phase. In addition to their roles, we will look into the required competencies to fulfill these roles. A specific topic will look into nurses and health care responders during disasters as recipients of care and not just as providers.
Learning Outcomes
At the end of the module, you should be able to:
- Define the roles and functions of nurses in disaster management across the disaster continuum or phases
- Describe the basic competencies of nurses in disaster management
- Identify the work settings and related nursing activities in disaster management
- Apply basic principles in attending to the needs of health care providers deployed during disaster events
- Appreciate the role of nurses in caring for health care providers deployed during disaster events
- Study Guide: Roles of Nurses in Disaster Management File Uploaded 20/09/22, 18:55View
Resource Page: Reading materials to accompany the study guide
Watch the following short video in our N110 YouTube Channel on some tips for nurses prior to deployment in a disaster response from Dr. Tener Goodwin Veneema.