Leadership/Management EAQ (Disaster Planning) Exam Questions With Correct Answers VERIFIED 100% Correct!!
A diabetic client survives a fire. The client has a head injury, tachycardia, and pale and ashen-colored skin. Which primary interventions should the nurse perform? Select all that apply.
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Leadership/Management EAQ (Disaster Planning) Exam
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A diabetic client survives a fire. The client has a head injury, tachycardia, and
pale and ashen-colored skin. Which primary interventions should the nurse
perform? Select all that apply.
Administering cool intravenous fluids
Placing the client in a cool environment
Managing and maintaining airway, breathing, and circulation
While caring for different clients who were injured in a hurricane, the nurse finds
that a client is confused. What are the most appropriate nursing interventions to
prevent injury in the client? Select all that apply.
Keeping the side rails up on the stretcher
Maintaining adequate lightening in the room
Asking a family member to remain with the client
Reminding the client to use the call light for assistance
The nurse is conducting triage under mass casualty conditions. Which tag should
the nurse use for a client who is experiencing hypovolemic shock due to a
penetrating wound?
Red
A disaster management team is planning measures to prevent the spread of
pandemic influenza. Which interventions would the nurse consider to be most
appropriate to be included in the plan?
Distribute antiviral agents to clients
Which system would the nurse expect to determine the number of casualties of a
particular acuity level a hospital can safely accept from the incident scene in a
disaster situation?
Automated tracking system
A hospital located near a major earthquake fault line has set an organizational
goal to participate in emergency management of disasters. What do the
employees of this hospital need to do before being recognized by the National
Incident Management System (NIMS)?
Attend training on the incident command system
The nurse manager is designated as a unit Chief during the formulation of a
Hospital Incident Command System (HICS) for disaster preparedness. Which
responsibility does the nurse manager assume in this role?
Logistics and operation
After assessing a victim of a bomb blast that has caused mass casualties, the
emergency department nurse applies a black band to the hand. What is the
rationale behind this nursing action?
The victim has severe head injury and requires artificial ventilation
, What would help facilitate communication and coordination during a mass
casualty event in a hospital using the hospital incident command system? Select
all that apply.
Activate communication equipment
Establish a command center in a designated location
Provide key personnel with distinctive clothing identifying their role
Distribute job action sheets identifying reporting relationships, tasks, and responsibilities
Why would the nurse claim class III clients are of major concern in the hospital
environment after a nuclear accident?
Because they often come to the hospital on their own
In a health care system, the nurse is planning management of a disaster that
involves second order change. Which type of change would characterize this
disaster? Select all that apply.
Revolutionary and episodic change
Change requiring radical adjustments in a person or in the structure of the system
While caring for victims of a hurricane, a nurse is teaching hygiene practices and
symptoms of various infections. Which phase of disaster management is the
nurse executing?
Mitigation
Which biologic agents of terrorism can be treated effectively with antibiotics?
Select all that apply.
Plague
Anthrax
Tularemia
An avalanche caused mass casualties. When taken to the nearby hospital, the
health care provider provides basic trauma client stabilization and advanced life
support before referring them to other trauma centers. Which level trauma center
were the victims initially taken into?
Level IV
Which aspect of client tracking using radiofrequency technology (RFT) does the
nurse recognize as a major safety strategy of the emergency department (ED) to
prevent potentially disastrous consequences in the hospital?
Interactions between client and caregiver
A hospital in an urban setting is located on two rivers which are spanned by
several bridges. Resources arrive to this community via commercial trains or
airplanes. Which credible threats should this hospital prepare for when
constructing the emergency preparedness plan? Select all that apply.
Floods
Bridge collapses
Boating accidents
Train derailments
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