DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND
MANAGEMENT
● The systematic process of using
administrative directives,
organizations, and operational skills
and capacities in order to lessen the
adverse impacts of hazards and the
possibility of disaster. Prospective
disaster risk reduction and
management refers to risk reduction
and management activities that
address and seek to avoid the
development of new or increased
disaster risks, especially if risk
reduction policies are not put in
place.
DISASTER NURSING
● The adaptation of professional
nursing knowledge, skills and
attitude in recognizing and meeting
the nursing, health and emotional
needs of disaster victims.
● The goal of disaster nursing is to
achieve the best possible level of
health for the people and the
community involved in the disaster.
ROLES OF NURSES IN DISASTER
● Triage Officer
● Care Provider
● Coordinator of Care & Services
● Providers of information or
Education
● Counselor
CORE COMPETENCIES (WHO)
● Ethical & legal issues, and decision
making
● Care principles
● Nursing principles
● Needs assessment and planning
● Safety and security
● Communication & Interpersonal
relationships
● Public health
● Health care systems & Policies in
Emergency situations
EIGHT (8) DOMAINS OF ICN CORE
COMPETENCIES IN DISASTER NURSING
● Preparation And Planning
● Communication
● Incident Management
● Safety and Security
● Assessment
● Intervention
● Recovery
● Law & Ethics
Domain 1: Preparation & Planning
● actions taken apart from any specific
emergency to increase readiness
and confidence inactions to be taken
during an event.
Domain 2: Communication
● approaches to conveying essential
information within one's place of
work or emergency assignment and
documenting decisions made
Domain 3: Incident Management
● the structure of disaster/emergency
response required by
countries/organizations/institutions
and actions to make them effective
Domain 4: Safety and Security
● assuring that nurses, their
colleagues and patients do not add
to the burden of response by unsafe
practices
Domain 5: Assessment
● gathering data about assigned
patients/families/communitieson
which to base subsequent nursing
actions
Domain 6: Intervention
● clinical or other actions taken in
response to assessment of
patients/families/communities within
the incident management of the
disaster event
Domain 7: Recovery
● any steps taken to facilitate
resumption of
pre-eventindividual/family/communit
y/organization functioning or moving
it to a higher level
Domain 8: Law & Ethics
● the legal and ethical framework for IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER AS A
disaster/emergency nursing NURSE:
● Preparedness
LEVELS OF COMPETENCIES IN ● Awareness of the Disaster Plan
DISASTER NURSING ● Training and Skills
1. Level I Competency – General
Professional Nurse
● Any nurse who has
completed a program of
basic, generalized nursing
education and is authorized
to practice by the regulatory
agency of his/her country.
• Examples: Staff nurse in a
hospital, clinic, public health
center;all nurse educators
2. Level II Competency – Specialized
Nurse
● Any nurse who has achieved
the Level I competencies
andis/aspires to be a
designated disaster
responder within an
institution, organization or
system.
• Examples: supervising or
head nurse; a nurse
designated for leadership
within an organization's
emergency plan; a nurse
representing the profession
on a hospital/agency
emergency planning
committee;preparedness/res
ponse nurse educators.
3. Level III Competency- Specialist
in Disasters
● Level III: Any nurse who has
achieved Level I and II
competencies and is
prepared to respond to a
wide range of disasters and
emergencies and to serve on
a deployable team.
• Examples: frequent
responders to either national
or international disasters,
military nurses, nurses
conducting comprehensive
disaster nursing research.