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Nursing 401- Disaster Management: Questions & Answers
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Nursing 401- Disaster Management: Questions &Answers
Increase Right Ans - The number of disasters, both human-made and
natural, continues to _________, as does the number of people affected by them.
Sharply Right Ans - The cost to recover from a disaster has risen ________
because of the amount of technology that must be restored.
Increasingly Right Ans - Nurses are ___________ getting involved in disaster
planning, response, and recovery through their local health department or
local government.
Disaster Right Ans - any natural or human-made incident that causes
disruption, destruction, and/or devastation requiring external assistance
Range Right Ans - Disasters _________ in size
Expensive Right Ans - Disasters Are __________ (lives affected, property
lost/damaged)
Developing Right Ans - Disasters occur in ___________ countries
Natural disaster Right Ans - great destruction or loss of life caused by
natural forces rather than by human actions
ex) tornado, hurricane, etc
Human-made disasters Right Ans - can be simple as over-crowding (New
York city), increase in school violence,
Chemical disasters Right Ans - Unlike biological agents, which require an
incubation period before symptoms appear, a chemical agent, when released,
makes its presence known immediately through observation (explosion), self-
admission (accidental), or the occurrence of rapidly emerging symptoms, such
as burns, difficulty breathing, or convulsions.
Radiologic disasters Right Ans - Events in which people, animals, and the
environment are exposed to harmful levels of gamma radiation
, nuclear disaster Right Ans - an accident with nuclear power, usually
causing radioactivity
disasters Right Ans - All cause distribution, devastation, and destruction to
the community
prevent Right Ans - There are ways to __________ or manage how people and
their communities respond to disasters.
decreased Right Ans - Although the number of disasters worldwide
continues to grow, the number of lives lost has ___________ because of the way
we respond.
U.S. Department of Homeland Security Right Ans - A cabinet-level federal
administrative agency whose mission is to enforce laws to prevent terrorist
attacks and related criminal activities.
National Preparedness Goal Right Ans - "A secure and resilient nation with
the capabilities required across the whole community to prevent, protect
against, mitigate, respond to, and recover from the threats and hazards that
pose the greatest risk."
National response plan Right Ans - The plan that delineates the all-
discipline, all-hazards response and responsibilities of all federal agencies for
the management of domestic incidents in the United States
National Incident Management System (NIMS) Right Ans - is where they
look at establishing a unified communication system during a disaster
bio surveillance Right Ans - Public Health and Medical Preparedness and
the National Health Security Strategy:
1.) __________ (collecting hazardous information or threats)
countermeasure distribution Right Ans - Public Health and Medical
Preparedness and the National Health Security Strategy:
2.) ____________ (immunizations that can counteract a terrorism- who get it
first)
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