Exam 10: Concepts of Emergency and Disaster Preparedness

A hospital prepares to receive large numbers of casualties from a community disaster.Which clients should the nurse identify as appropriate for discharge or transfer to another facility? (Select all that apply.)

The hospital administration arranges for critical incident stress debriefing for the staff after a mass casualty incident.Which statement by the debriefing team leader is most appropriate for this situation?

A nurse wants to become involved in community disaster preparedness and is interested in helping set up and staff first aid stations or community acute care centers in the event of a disaster.Which organization is the best fit for this nurse's interests?

A nurse triages clients arriving at the hospital after a mass casualty.Which clients are correctly classified? (Select all that apply.)

A nurse is caring for a client whose wife died in a recent mass casualty accident.The client says,"I can't believe that my wife is gone and I am left to raise my children all by myself." How should the nurse respond?

A hospital responds to a local mass casualty event.Which action should the nurse supervisor take to prevent staff post-traumatic stress disorder during a mass casualty event?

An emergency department (ED)charge nurse prepares to receive clients from a mass casualty within the community.What is the role of this nurse during the event?

A client who is hospitalized with burns after losing the family home in a fire becomes angry and screams at a nurse when dinner is served late.How should the nurse respond?

A nurse cares for clients during a community-wide disaster drill.Once of the clients asks,"Why are the individuals with black tags not receiving any care?" How should the nurse respond?

A nurse is field-triaging clients after an industrial accident.Which client condition should the nurse triage with a red tag?

A nurse wants to become part of a Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT)but is concerned about maintaining licensure in several different states.Which statement best addresses these concerns?

An emergency department charge nurse notes an increase in sick calls and bickering among the staff after a week with multiple trauma incidents.Which action should the nurse take?

A hospital prepares for a mass casualty event.Which functions are correctly paired with the personnel role? (Select all that apply.)

After a hospital's emergency department (ED)has efficiently triaged,treated,and transferred clients from a community disaster to appropriate units,the hospital incident command officer wants to "stand down" from the emergency plan.Which question should the nursing supervisor ask at this time?

Emergency medical services (EMS)brings a large number of clients to the emergency department following a mass casualty incident.The nurse identifies the clients with which injuries with yellow tags? (Select all that apply.)

A family in the emergency department is overwhelmed at the loss of several family members due to a shooting incident in the community.Which intervention should the nurse complete first?