Week 5: Disaster and Communicable Disease Preparedness 1 1 unread reply. 1 1 reply. Preparing for disasters, terrorist threats, or communicable disease outbreaks is an important part of public health nursing. Visit the websites  http://www.ready.gov  (Links to an external site.) Links to an external site.  and  http://www.ready.gov/pandemic  (Links to an external site.) Links to an external site. . Review the steps for being prepared for a disaster or pandemic. Choose a natural or man-made disaster that could impact your community and discuss how a CHN can help the community to prepare or respond to this disaster. Choose a potential infectious disease outbreak and discuss how a CHN can help to prevent or respond to an outbreak. How well is your community prepared for a potential outbreak or disaster? Federal Emergency Management Agency. (2016).  Ready: Prepare. Plan. Stay Informed . Retrieved from  http://www.ready.gov/  (Links to an external site.) Links to an external site. . Federal Emergency Management Agency. (2016).  Pandemic . Retrieved from  http://www.ready.gov/pandemic  (Links to an external site.) Links to an external site. . Topic Podcast Feed  Subscribe Reply Reply to Main Discussion Collapse Subdiscussion JENNIFER HOENIG JENNIFER HOENIG Friday Jul 28 at 7:17am Manage Discussion Entry Class, School nurses help the schools to prepare for disasters. In the event of a biological or chemical attack on the United States, school nurses could be among the first health care professionals to recognize the event and respond. School nurses, thus, serve as public health personnel in such events. Additionally, schools are usually spread in a geographically even pattern across communities. Most individuals in a community know where the local school is located and live close enough to get to a school building. School nurses with appropriate training/ support are a natural choice to augment public health staff in case of a bioterrorist event or natural outbreak. Therefore, schools that employ adequate school nurse coverage and medical disaster planning principles are a potential critical resource in both small scale events and widespread community disasters. Here's a link to an article that discusses the importance of public health nurses in disaster planning – Association of Public Health Nurse (2013). The role of the public health nurse in disaster preparedness, response, and recovery. A position paper. Retrieved from http://www.achne.org/files/public/APHN_RoleOfPHNinDisasterPRR_FINALJan14.pdf Jennifer Reply Reply to Comment Previous Next .

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Preparing for disasters, terrorist threats, or communicable
disease outbreaks is an important part of public health nursing.
Visit the websites
http://www.ready.gov
(Links to an external site.)
Links to an external site.
and
http://www.ready.gov/pandemic
(Links to an external site.)
Links to an external site.
. Review the steps for being prepared for a disaster or
pandemic.
Choose a natural or man-made disaster that could impact your
community and discuss how a CHN can help the community to
prepare or respond to this disaster.
Choose a potential infectious disease outbreak and discuss how
a CHN can help to prevent or respond to an outbreak.
How well is your community prepared for a potential outbreak
or disaster?
Federal Emergency Management Agency. (2016).
Ready: Prepare. Plan. Stay Informed
. Retrieved from
http://www.ready.gov/
(Links to an external site.)
Links to an external site.
.
Federal Emergency Management Agency. (2016).
Pandemic

2. . Retrieved from
http://www.ready.gov/pandemic
(Links to an external site.)
Links to an external site.
.
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Jul 28 at 7:17am
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Class,
School nurses help the schools to prepare for disasters. In the
event of a biological or chemical attack on the United States,
school nurses could be among the first health care professionals
to recognize the event and respond. School nurses, thus, serve
as public health personnel in such events.
Additionally, schools are usually spread in a geographically
even pattern across communities. Most individuals in a
community know where the local school is located and live
close enough to get to a school building. School nurses with
appropriate training/ support are a natural choice to augment
public health staff in case of a bioterrorist event or natural
outbreak. Therefore, schools that employ adequate school nurse
coverage and medical disaster planning principles are a
potential critical resource in both small scale events and
widespread community disasters.
Here's a link to an article that discusses the importance of

3. public health nurses in disaster planning –
Association of Public Health Nurse (2013). The role of the
public health nurse in disaster preparedness, response, and
recovery. A position paper. Retrieved from
http://www.achne.org/files/public/APHN_RoleOfPHNinDisaster
PRR_FINALJan14.pdf
Jennifer
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