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    Nurses play an important role in disaster and emergency situations. Their role depends on the specific situation, and may involve functions outside their usual scope of practice. The main tasks of nurses in disasters include planning, administration, care, teaching, and research. For planning, nurses prepare action plans and disaster simulation exercises. For administration, they organize nursing teams and identify staffing and supply needs. For care, nurses provide care according to protocols and manage patient emotional crises. They also develop disaster training courses and participate in post-disaster epidemiological research.

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    Nurses play an important role in disaster and emergency situations. Their role depends on the specific situation, and may involve functions outside their usual scope of practice. The main tasks of nurses in disasters include planning, administration, care, teaching, and research. For planning, nurses prepare action plans and disaster simulation exercises. For administration, they organize nursing teams and identify staffing and supply needs. For care, nurses provide care according to protocols and manage patient emotional crises. They also develop disaster training courses and participate in post-disaster epidemiological research.

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    ROLE OF NURSES

    In DISASTER AND EMERGENCY

    Presentors:
    Sheena Rose Cogo Irish Jane Colob Mary Jane Cuaresma Danve Kleist Cuizon Jennylyn Mae Dabatos

    will be involved in one degree or another when disaster occurs. At times, her or his role will be crucial. The role of a nurse in specific disaster care depends on the situation, and many functions outside the usual scope of practice are involved.

    Nurses

    The task of nurses in disaster and emergency situations are:

    Planning Administration Care Teaching Research

    PLANNING
    Nurses prepare action plans according to risks Mininmize up-to-date inventories of community resources Organize disaster simulation exercises Elaborate emergency nursing protocols

    ADMINISTRATION

    Organize nursing teams according to area of responsibility Identify nursing staff and supply needs according to local conditions Setup logs and nursing reports for emergency and disaster situation Coordinate nursing activities with larger health team and other sectors

    CARE
    Participate in training Provide nursing care according to established protocol Manage emotional crisis of patients in coordination with other health members

    TEACHING Develop courses of disaster for nursing personnel and community

    RESEARCH
    Participate in epidemiologic surveys after disasters Carry out operational research on the effects of disasters on the health of communities and ways in which to reduce the impact through nursing care.

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