Preparing Nurses for Disasters Management
Autor Joanne C. Langan, Dotti C. Jamesen Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 sep 2004
This book addresses issues in disaster preparedness specific to nurses in a host of practice sites. Through a compilation of research, nurses' personal experiences in disaster and trauma care, firsthand accounts from the authors and other experts in bioterrorism and disaster preparedness, this book introduces users to basic disaster nursing and works to help prepare them for a wide spectrum of settings and situations that are relevant in today's world. It includes a pocket flip chart that serves as a quick guide to fast facts imperative to nurses in responding to disasters of all kinds. Nursing Students and Nursing Professionals.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780131780699
ISBN-10: 0131780697
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 209 x 277 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.57 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Pearson
Locul publicării:Upper Saddle River, United States
ISBN-10: 0131780697
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 209 x 277 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.57 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Pearson
Locul publicării:Upper Saddle River, United States
Descriere
For courses in Public Health Nursing and any Disaster Preparedness course offered on the undergraduate and/or graduate level.
This resource addresses issues in disaster preparedness specific to nurses in a host of practice sites. Through a compilation of research, nurses' personal experiences in disaster and trauma care, firsthand accounts from the authors and other experts in bioterrorism and disaster preparedness, this resource introduces students to basic disaster nursing and works to help prepare them for a wide spectrum of settings and situations that are relevant in today's world.
This resource addresses issues in disaster preparedness specific to nurses in a host of practice sites. Through a compilation of research, nurses' personal experiences in disaster and trauma care, firsthand accounts from the authors and other experts in bioterrorism and disaster preparedness, this resource introduces students to basic disaster nursing and works to help prepare them for a wide spectrum of settings and situations that are relevant in today's world.
Cuprins
Preface.
1. Disasters: A Basic Overview.
2. Planning for Disasters.
3. Organization and Implementation of the Disaster Response.
4. Promoting Mental Health: Predisaster and Postdisaster.
5. Preparing Nursing Administrators, Faculty, and Students for Disasters and Decontamination.
6. Preparing Staff and Inactive Registered Nurses to Manage Casualties.
7. Management and Preparation for Battlefield Casualties.
8. Preparing Community Health Nurses and Nurses in Ambulatory Health Centers.
9. Considerations for Vulnerable Populations.
10. Preparing Nurses to Plan and Care for Children During Disaster Situations.
11. Role of the Infection Control Nurse in Disaster Preparedness.
12. Disaster as the Personal Experience.
Appendices.
Appendix A: Agencies and Acronyms.
Appendix B: Test Your Knowledge Answers.
Appendix C: Decontamination Forms.
Index.
Notă biografică
Dotti C. James, PhD, RN is an Associate Professor at Saint Louis University School of Nursing. She traveled as part of a team to the Henrietta Szold Hadassah Hebrew University School of Nursing and the Hadassah Medical Centers in Israel to learn about preparing health care providers to manage mass casualty events. She has spoken at area colleges, hospitals, skilled-care facilities, and professional and first responder organizations about various aspects of preparing for and responding to terrorism. She is currently a faculty member in the Disaster Preparedness Online Certificate Program for Nurses, covering topics such as organization of the disaster response, management of casualties, and considerations for vulnerable populations. Dr. James coordinates the online and onsite Perinatal Nursing Graduate Specialty. Her research interests include developing an evidence base for intrapartal nursing interventions, the effectiveness of educational strategies and techniques, and nursing attitudes and awareness about victims of violence. She has received awards for Excellence in Classroom Teaching from Saint Louis University and the Emerson Electric Company. Dr. James has served in leadership roles in local, regional, and national professional organizations, and is a contributing author to three texts.
Joanne C. Langan, PhD, RN is an Assistant Professor at Saint Louis University School of Nursing. She received a BS in Education from Quincy University and a BSN from the University of Southern Mississippi. Dr. Langan earned MSN and PhD degrees in Nursing Administration and a Nursing Education Certificate from George Mason University. While a faculty member at GMU, she was the Co-Project Director for the Washington Regional Academic and Community Consortium and the Project Director of the Partnerships for Quality Education. At Saint Louis University, Dr. Langan is the coordinator of the traditional students' Public Health Nursing course. Research and areas of interest include Faculty Practice and nursing student learning, the Nursing Shortage, Community Partnerships in Graduate Medical and Nursing Education, and Disaster Preparedness. She is a contributing author for two Community-Based Nursing Practice books. She was a member of a team who received intensive education at the Henrietta Szold Hadassah Hebrew University School of Nursing and the Hadassah Medical Centers in Israel and is developing modules and curriculum as a faculty member of a Bioterrorism/Disaster Preparedness Certificate Program. Dr. Langan is a consultant/member of the Emergency Preparedness Team at St. Joseph Hospital of Kirkwood.
Joanne C. Langan, PhD, RN is an Assistant Professor at Saint Louis University School of Nursing. She received a BS in Education from Quincy University and a BSN from the University of Southern Mississippi. Dr. Langan earned MSN and PhD degrees in Nursing Administration and a Nursing Education Certificate from George Mason University. While a faculty member at GMU, she was the Co-Project Director for the Washington Regional Academic and Community Consortium and the Project Director of the Partnerships for Quality Education. At Saint Louis University, Dr. Langan is the coordinator of the traditional students' Public Health Nursing course. Research and areas of interest include Faculty Practice and nursing student learning, the Nursing Shortage, Community Partnerships in Graduate Medical and Nursing Education, and Disaster Preparedness. She is a contributing author for two Community-Based Nursing Practice books. She was a member of a team who received intensive education at the Henrietta Szold Hadassah Hebrew University School of Nursing and the Hadassah Medical Centers in Israel and is developing modules and curriculum as a faculty member of a Bioterrorism/Disaster Preparedness Certificate Program. Dr. Langan is a consultant/member of the Emergency Preparedness Team at St. Joseph Hospital of Kirkwood.
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Nurses are expected to provide skilled, competent care after natural and man-made disasters. This comprehensive resource prepares nurses, nursing students and administrators to provide care to victims of natural disasters, as well as disasters caused by biological, chemical or radiological agents. It offers vital information on disaster planning, response implementation and management of casualties, as well as post-disaster restoration, treatment of psychological effects of disasters and caring for children and vulnerable populations.
FEATURES
FEATURES
- Step-by-step procedures that compile accepted response protocols for a variety of situations
- An extensive list of CDC protocols
- Story boxes that heighten the sense of realism facilitated by stories from trauma nurses, physicians and nurses in the field, and survivors of natural and man-made disasters
- Case studies included in each chapter
- Tests at the end of each chapter serve as an excellent review
- Internet resources provide relevant MediaLinks pertaining to disaster preparedness and response
Caracteristici
- Procedures described in a step-by-step format.
- Offers students an easily accessible compilation of accepted response protocols to a host of situations so they are equipped with a working knowledge of procedures in the field.
- Offers students an easily accessible compilation of accepted response protocols to a host of situations so they are equipped with a working knowledge of procedures in the field.
- CDC response protocols included.
- Introduces students to relevant areas such as notification procedures and submission of suspicious biologic samples.
- Introduces students to relevant areas such as notification procedures and submission of suspicious biologic samples.
- Firsthand accounts of disaster survivors, first responders, trauma nurses, and parents.
- Enhances students' understanding of the effects of disaster on victims, families, communities, and responders.
- Enhances students' understanding of the effects of disaster on victims, families, communities, and responders.
- Story boxes throughout.
- Presents students with a heightened sense of realism through personal stories from trauma nurses, physicians and nurses in the battlefield, and survivors of natural disasters.
- Presents students with a heightened sense of realism through personal stories from trauma nurses, physicians and nurses in the battlefield, and survivors of natural disasters.
- Pedagogical aids including chapter objectives, case studies, self-tests, and discussion questions.
- Helps the reader engage in self-study or course review.
- Helps the reader engage in self-study or course review.