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EDAPT: Emergencies in the Community
Questions and Answers Latest Update
Which terms are stages in the process of emergency management? Select all
that apply. Ans: Recovery
Response
Planning
Mitigation
Which populations are most likely to be at high risk during a disaster? Select
all that apply. Ans: Prison inmates
English language learners
Families living on a ranch
Retirement village
Inner-city apartment dwellers
Nurses can participate in which stages of emergency management? Select all
that apply. Ans: Response
Mitigation/Prevention
Recovery
Preparedness
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Planning
Which event is most likely to become a disaster? Ans: Large resort hotel fire
during peak tourist season in a remote area.
The school nurse wants to help at-risk students and their families prepare
for the upcoming hurricane season. Which is the most critical action for the
nurse to take? Ans: Provide information and resources on planning.
Which prevention activity is most appropriate for the nurse to take in a
flood-prone community? Ans: Work with city leaders to find new housing
for families living in a flood-prone housing development.
The clinic nurse is concerned about the death of several clients due to
carbon monoxide poisoning after a recent two-week power outage due to a
hurricane. The nurse identifies several activities that might make a positive
impact in the community. Click to specify in which stage of disaster
management the nurse implements each activity. More than one stage may
apply to each activity. Ans: Preparedness:
Acquire and hand out flyers on generator safety.
Advocate for a state law requiring educational material to be attached to
generators sold in the state.
Mitigation/Prevention:
Acquire and hand out flyers on generator safety.
Response:
Acquire and hand out flyers on generator safety.
Accompany a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) to identify
dangerous generator usage.
Recovery:
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Acquire and hand out flyers on generator safety.
Accompany a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) to identify
dangerous generator usage.
How often should facility leadership update their emergency operations
plan? Ans: Continuously
John is an emergency department nurse who has just been assigned to the
hospital's emergency management committee. He has been asked to conduct
an annual review of the emergency operations plan. John has never seen the
plan and he asked several members of the committee where to locate the
plan. The committee chair (the emergency management director) tells him
the plan is in a locked cabinet in his office and they can retrieve it after the
meeting.
Which cues should concern John? Select all that apply. Ans: Annual review
of the emergency operations plan
John has never seen the plan
Asked several members of the committee where to locate the plan
The plan is in a locked cabinet
John understands which stage(s) of disaster management are dependent on
a good emergency operations plan? Select all that apply. Ans: Mitigation
Recovery
Preparedness
Response
John reviews the emergency operations plan and has several suggestions for
the committee. Select the correct phase of disaster management for each
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EDAPT: Emergencies in the Community
Questions and Answers Latest Update
Which terms are stages in the process of emergency management? Select all
that apply. Ans: Recovery
Response
Planning
Mitigation
Which populations are most likely to be at high risk during a disaster? Select
all that apply. Ans: Prison inmates
English language learners
Families living on a ranch
Retirement village
Inner-city apartment dwellers
Nurses can participate in which stages of emergency management? Select all
that apply. Ans: Response
Mitigation/Prevention
Recovery
Preparedness
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Planning
Which event is most likely to become a disaster? Ans: Large resort hotel fire
during peak tourist season in a remote area.
The school nurse wants to help at-risk students and their families prepare
for the upcoming hurricane season. Which is the most critical action for the
nurse to take? Ans: Provide information and resources on planning.
Which prevention activity is most appropriate for the nurse to take in a
flood-prone community? Ans: Work with city leaders to find new housing
for families living in a flood-prone housing development.
The clinic nurse is concerned about the death of several clients due to
carbon monoxide poisoning after a recent two-week power outage due to a
hurricane. The nurse identifies several activities that might make a positive
impact in the community. Click to specify in which stage of disaster
management the nurse implements each activity. More than one stage may
apply to each activity. Ans: Preparedness:
Acquire and hand out flyers on generator safety.
Advocate for a state law requiring educational material to be attached to
generators sold in the state.
Mitigation/Prevention:
Acquire and hand out flyers on generator safety.
Response:
Acquire and hand out flyers on generator safety.
Accompany a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) to identify
dangerous generator usage.
Recovery:
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Acquire and hand out flyers on generator safety.
Accompany a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) to identify
dangerous generator usage.
How often should facility leadership update their emergency operations
plan? Ans: Continuously
John is an emergency department nurse who has just been assigned to the
hospital's emergency management committee. He has been asked to conduct
an annual review of the emergency operations plan. John has never seen the
plan and he asked several members of the committee where to locate the
plan. The committee chair (the emergency management director) tells him
the plan is in a locked cabinet in his office and they can retrieve it after the
meeting.
Which cues should concern John? Select all that apply. Ans: Annual review
of the emergency operations plan
John has never seen the plan
Asked several members of the committee where to locate the plan
The plan is in a locked cabinet
John understands which stage(s) of disaster management are dependent on
a good emergency operations plan? Select all that apply. Ans: Mitigation
Recovery
Preparedness
Response
John reviews the emergency operations plan and has several suggestions for
the committee. Select the correct phase of disaster management for each
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