2025-2026 Emergency Preparedness
and Management Assessment
Questions with All Correct Answers.
A community health nurse is triaging victims at the site of a mass casualty incident. Which of
the following victims should the nurse tag with the color red? (Select all that apply.)
A victim who has multiple facial lacerations and is able to walk
A child victim who is unconscious and breathing spontaneously
A victim who has a broken wrist and states that they are "ok"
A victim who is conscious, has a sucking chest wound, and is breathing spontaneously
A victim who has an open head injury and agonal breathing - Answer A child victim who is
unconscious and breathing spontaneously is correct. This child victim's condition is emergent
and they need intervention as soon as possible; therefore, the nurse should tag this child victim
with the color red.
A victim who is conscious, has a sucking chest wound, and is breathing spontaneously is correct.
This victim has a life-threatening injury that requires intervention as soon as possible; therefore,
the nurse should tag this victim with the color red.
A community health nurse is discussing disasters with a group of new nurses. Which of the
following statements by one of the new nurses indicates an understanding of the information?
"Human-made disasters are always intentional."
"Disasters often overwhelm the availability of local resources."
"Mass casualty incidents are always the result of human-made events."
"Disasters affect everyone equally." - Answer "Disasters often overwhelm the availability of
local resources."
A disaster affects the functioning of communities and often requires the need for additional
resources.
A community health nurse is helping community members with their disaster planning. Which
of the following are objectives of Healthy People 2030 regarding disaster preparedness? (Select
all that apply.)
Increase awareness of local evacuation plans.
, Increase the number of individuals who are prepared for a disease outbreak. - Answer
Increase awareness of local evacuation plans is correct. Increasing awareness of local
evacuation plans is an objective of Healthy People 2030.
Increase the number of individuals who have a disaster plan is correct. Increasing the number of
individuals who have a disaster plan is an objective of Healthy People 2030.
Increase the number of individuals who are prepared for a disease outbreak is correct.
Increasing the number of individuals who are prepared for a disease outbreak is an objective of
Healthy People 2030.
A community health nurse is teaching a group of new nurses about their role in the recovery
phase of the disaster management cycle. Which of the following activities should the nurse
include in the teaching?
Identify vulnerabilities in the community.
Educate community members on stockpiling food, water, and medication.
Mobilize first responders to a disaster site.
Refer community members to mental health services. - Answer Refer community members to
mental health services.
Recovery involves actions such as rebuilding and reconstruction. Ultimately, the goal is to return
to a sense of normalcy. Community members affected by a disaster might require mental health
services as a part of recovery.
A community health nurse is assisting with disaster preparedness and is following the eight
domains of Core Competencies in Disaster Nursing by the International Council of Nurses.
Which of the following actions should the nurse identify as part of the domain of intervention?
Obtaining a translator when caring for clients who speak a different language than the nurse
Participating in drills with other community members
Updating a community's disaster plans and policies
Collaborating with disaster response team members to provide surge capacity care - Answer
Collaborating with disaster response team members to provide surge capacity care
Working with other members of a disaster team to manage surge capacity is a competency in
the domain of intervention.
and Management Assessment
Questions with All Correct Answers.
A community health nurse is triaging victims at the site of a mass casualty incident. Which of
the following victims should the nurse tag with the color red? (Select all that apply.)
A victim who has multiple facial lacerations and is able to walk
A child victim who is unconscious and breathing spontaneously
A victim who has a broken wrist and states that they are "ok"
A victim who is conscious, has a sucking chest wound, and is breathing spontaneously
A victim who has an open head injury and agonal breathing - Answer A child victim who is
unconscious and breathing spontaneously is correct. This child victim's condition is emergent
and they need intervention as soon as possible; therefore, the nurse should tag this child victim
with the color red.
A victim who is conscious, has a sucking chest wound, and is breathing spontaneously is correct.
This victim has a life-threatening injury that requires intervention as soon as possible; therefore,
the nurse should tag this victim with the color red.
A community health nurse is discussing disasters with a group of new nurses. Which of the
following statements by one of the new nurses indicates an understanding of the information?
"Human-made disasters are always intentional."
"Disasters often overwhelm the availability of local resources."
"Mass casualty incidents are always the result of human-made events."
"Disasters affect everyone equally." - Answer "Disasters often overwhelm the availability of
local resources."
A disaster affects the functioning of communities and often requires the need for additional
resources.
A community health nurse is helping community members with their disaster planning. Which
of the following are objectives of Healthy People 2030 regarding disaster preparedness? (Select
all that apply.)
Increase awareness of local evacuation plans.
, Increase the number of individuals who are prepared for a disease outbreak. - Answer
Increase awareness of local evacuation plans is correct. Increasing awareness of local
evacuation plans is an objective of Healthy People 2030.
Increase the number of individuals who have a disaster plan is correct. Increasing the number of
individuals who have a disaster plan is an objective of Healthy People 2030.
Increase the number of individuals who are prepared for a disease outbreak is correct.
Increasing the number of individuals who are prepared for a disease outbreak is an objective of
Healthy People 2030.
A community health nurse is teaching a group of new nurses about their role in the recovery
phase of the disaster management cycle. Which of the following activities should the nurse
include in the teaching?
Identify vulnerabilities in the community.
Educate community members on stockpiling food, water, and medication.
Mobilize first responders to a disaster site.
Refer community members to mental health services. - Answer Refer community members to
mental health services.
Recovery involves actions such as rebuilding and reconstruction. Ultimately, the goal is to return
to a sense of normalcy. Community members affected by a disaster might require mental health
services as a part of recovery.
A community health nurse is assisting with disaster preparedness and is following the eight
domains of Core Competencies in Disaster Nursing by the International Council of Nurses.
Which of the following actions should the nurse identify as part of the domain of intervention?
Obtaining a translator when caring for clients who speak a different language than the nurse
Participating in drills with other community members
Updating a community's disaster plans and policies
Collaborating with disaster response team members to provide surge capacity care - Answer
Collaborating with disaster response team members to provide surge capacity care
Working with other members of a disaster team to manage surge capacity is a competency in
the domain of intervention.
