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Emergency Preparedness and Management
Questions with Detailed Verified Answers
A community health nurse is reviewing the acts and initiatives that have been adopted
to improve disaster preparedness and response. The nurse should identify that which
of the following describes the National Health Security Strategy (NHSS)?
Ans: It is a collective effort of governments and includes national, state, territorial, and
local agencies.
A nurse is working in a community clinic and observes that numerous clients have
come to the clinic reporting nausea, vomiting, and blisters on their skin. Which of the
following conditions should the nurse suspect?
Ans: Radiation exposure
Which of the following are examples of natural disasters? (Select all that apply.)
Ans: Earthquakes
Hurricanes
Sinkholes
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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.)
Ans: A child victim who is unconscious and breathing spontaneously
A victim who is conscious, has a sucking chest wound, and is breathing spontaneously
A community health nurse identifies clients who have potentially been exposed to a
communicable disease during a disaster. Which of the following actions should the
nurse take first?
Ans: Isolate the clients away from others who have not been exposed.
A nurse is discussing disaster preparedness and response with a newly licensed nurse.
Which of the following information should the nurse include when discussing schools
and places of worship? (Select all that apply.)
Ans: Public schools provide disaster preparedness education to students.
Places of worship can be used as sites for shelter during a disaster.
Places of worship often provide food and supplies following a disaster.
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?
Ans: "Disasters often overwhelm the availability of local resources."
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Emergency Preparedness and Management
Questions with Detailed Verified Answers
A community health nurse is reviewing the acts and initiatives that have been adopted
to improve disaster preparedness and response. The nurse should identify that which
of the following describes the National Health Security Strategy (NHSS)?
Ans: It is a collective effort of governments and includes national, state, territorial, and
local agencies.
A nurse is working in a community clinic and observes that numerous clients have
come to the clinic reporting nausea, vomiting, and blisters on their skin. Which of the
following conditions should the nurse suspect?
Ans: Radiation exposure
Which of the following are examples of natural disasters? (Select all that apply.)
Ans: Earthquakes
Hurricanes
Sinkholes
Bliardszz
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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.)
Ans: A child victim who is unconscious and breathing spontaneously
A victim who is conscious, has a sucking chest wound, and is breathing spontaneously
A community health nurse identifies clients who have potentially been exposed to a
communicable disease during a disaster. Which of the following actions should the
nurse take first?
Ans: Isolate the clients away from others who have not been exposed.
A nurse is discussing disaster preparedness and response with a newly licensed nurse.
Which of the following information should the nurse include when discussing schools
and places of worship? (Select all that apply.)
Ans: Public schools provide disaster preparedness education to students.
Places of worship can be used as sites for shelter during a disaster.
Places of worship often provide food and supplies following a disaster.
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?
Ans: "Disasters often overwhelm the availability of local resources."
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