SMCC NURS 225 Healthcare Delivery exam 3 Questions
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Healthcare Delivery
Health care organizations are a purposefully designed, structured
social system developed for the delivery of health care services
by specialized workforces to defined communities, populations,
or markets. The concept of health care systems relates to
the methods of health care delivery and management, including
financing and coordination of services.
What is considered a disaster?
-A disaster is an event that causes illness or injuries to exceed
the resource capabilities of the health care facility or community
due to destruction or devastation
-What ever staff and physical resources you have, the disaster
that has occurred exceeds those capabilities and you're now
working under limited resources
Internal Disaster
Disaster within a facility that could endanger the safety of
patients and requires activation of emergency
Examples of Internal disasters
-Fire
-Explosion
-Loss of critical utilities
-Violence
,-Emergency room without computer access, internet, phone.
Now you're on paper, no CT scan, on diversion
-change to how normally operate
External Disaster
-Disaster outside of the facility that causes an influx of patients
and requires activation of the emergency management plan
Example of external disaster
-Natural disasters (Hurricane Katrina)
-Terrorism (9/11 or Boston Marathon Bombing)
-Epidemic (COVID-19)
-Mass shootings
T/F The same event for one facility may not be considered a
disaster for another
-True
-resources availability determine if a particular event qualifies as
disaster or not
-Bus crash with multiple casualties transported to Sandford
standalone ED with 3 nurses compared to Maine Med ED with
30 nurses - disaster for Sanford, not disaster for Maine med
How is a disaster determined to be a disaster
-Depends on the facility (size/structure) and the staffing
(current) in that facility at the time that the disasters happen
Preventive Measures
-Policies and procedures for preventing events through facility
and security plans
, -Testing emergency preparedness plan through drills at least
twice a year (based on events most likely to occur in the area)
-HAZMAT training (ED staff)
-Stockpiling antibiotics and nerve agent antidotes
-Having resources available (PPE supplies, beds, staff)
-Increasing surveillance and strengthening levees/barriers
-Identify susceptible populations
Each emergency that happens usually makes
-the emergency plan better
-If a disaster occurs and the facility is not prepared for it they
start stockpiling/taking measures for the things they needed and
didn't have in the event that it happens again (covid)
Susceptible populations
-populations that can't get to the hospital or seek care in an
emergency
- identifying helps community health nurses reach those
populations in a disaster
Nurses role in emergency preparedness
-Identifying and testing roles in drills before a disaster happens
-Organizing nursing and ancillary staff to meet patient needs
(call ins)
-Assist with triaging patients
-Treating incoming patients
-Helping to identify and discharge medically stable patients in
order to get more patients in
Nursing priority in disaster
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Healthcare Delivery
Health care organizations are a purposefully designed, structured
social system developed for the delivery of health care services
by specialized workforces to defined communities, populations,
or markets. The concept of health care systems relates to
the methods of health care delivery and management, including
financing and coordination of services.
What is considered a disaster?
-A disaster is an event that causes illness or injuries to exceed
the resource capabilities of the health care facility or community
due to destruction or devastation
-What ever staff and physical resources you have, the disaster
that has occurred exceeds those capabilities and you're now
working under limited resources
Internal Disaster
Disaster within a facility that could endanger the safety of
patients and requires activation of emergency
Examples of Internal disasters
-Fire
-Explosion
-Loss of critical utilities
-Violence
,-Emergency room without computer access, internet, phone.
Now you're on paper, no CT scan, on diversion
-change to how normally operate
External Disaster
-Disaster outside of the facility that causes an influx of patients
and requires activation of the emergency management plan
Example of external disaster
-Natural disasters (Hurricane Katrina)
-Terrorism (9/11 or Boston Marathon Bombing)
-Epidemic (COVID-19)
-Mass shootings
T/F The same event for one facility may not be considered a
disaster for another
-True
-resources availability determine if a particular event qualifies as
disaster or not
-Bus crash with multiple casualties transported to Sandford
standalone ED with 3 nurses compared to Maine Med ED with
30 nurses - disaster for Sanford, not disaster for Maine med
How is a disaster determined to be a disaster
-Depends on the facility (size/structure) and the staffing
(current) in that facility at the time that the disasters happen
Preventive Measures
-Policies and procedures for preventing events through facility
and security plans
, -Testing emergency preparedness plan through drills at least
twice a year (based on events most likely to occur in the area)
-HAZMAT training (ED staff)
-Stockpiling antibiotics and nerve agent antidotes
-Having resources available (PPE supplies, beds, staff)
-Increasing surveillance and strengthening levees/barriers
-Identify susceptible populations
Each emergency that happens usually makes
-the emergency plan better
-If a disaster occurs and the facility is not prepared for it they
start stockpiling/taking measures for the things they needed and
didn't have in the event that it happens again (covid)
Susceptible populations
-populations that can't get to the hospital or seek care in an
emergency
- identifying helps community health nurses reach those
populations in a disaster
Nurses role in emergency preparedness
-Identifying and testing roles in drills before a disaster happens
-Organizing nursing and ancillary staff to meet patient needs
(call ins)
-Assist with triaging patients
-Treating incoming patients
-Helping to identify and discharge medically stable patients in
order to get more patients in
Nursing priority in disaster
