Disaster Preparedness
Disaster Preparedness
Preparing for disasters, terrorist threats, or communicable disease outbreaks is an important part of public health nursing.
Share an overview of a natural or human-made disaster that has occurred in your area in the last 20 years.
Include a URL and reference to the event. This may be a news article.
Describe how your community was impacted.
Describe lessons learned and changes made to preparedness.
Plan population-focused interventions to address disaster preparedness and other population health problems using a preventive approach to health.
Examine the ways public health, healthcare, and other organizations can collaborate using a systems-based approach to prepare for disasters in the community.
Consider your past experiences with emergency and disaster situations. Describe a summary of a natural or human-made disaster that has occurred in your area (Austin, TX) in the last 20 years. Include a URL and reference to the event. This may be a news article. Describe how your community was impacted. Describe lessons learned and changes made to preparedness.
As a community health nurse, what do you think is important to stress to the community when preparing for disasters?
How is your community preparing for a potential disaster, or how has it prepared?
Remember to answer the main discussion question and all subparts of the question.
