Discussion Post: Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Management
• i. What spiritual considerations surrounding a disaster can arise for individuals, communities, and health care providers? ii. Explain your answer in the context of a natural or manmade disaster. iii. How can a community health nurse assist in the spiritual care of the individual, community, self, and colleagues?
• Watch the "Diary of Medical Mission Trip" videos dealing with the catastrophic earthquake in Haiti in 2010. Reflect on this natural disaster by answering the following questions:
o Propose one example of a nursing intervention related to the disaster from each of the following levels: primary prevention, secondary prevention, and tertiary prevention. Provide innovative examples that have not been discussed by previous students.
o Under which phase of the disaster do the three proposed interventions fall? Explain why you chose that phase.
o With what people or agencies would you work in facilitating the proposed interventions and why?
The response should include a reference list. Using double-space, Times New Roman 12 pnt font, one-inch margins, and APA style of writing and citations.