1.  Identify and discuss disaster types.

2.  Explain the disaster planning process and nursing participation.

3.  Work on the following case studies;

A.  Case Study # 1

As a county health department nurse, your supervisor has informed you that the local Emergency Management Team is issuing a warning of impending disaster as an F3 tornado is expected to hit your large, metropolitan city within the hour. 

a.  Which emergency measures would you expect to have already been in place?

b.  What are your potential activities during each phase of the emergency management response?

B.  Case Study # 2

A plane crashed while landing on the runway during a snowstorm. The plane was not able to stop in time and slipped off the end of the runway onto a busy interstate highway. Public health nurses were expected to respond to this disaster as well as many first responders. (Learning Objectives: 1, 2, 5)

a.  What are the responsibilities of public health nurses in disaster management?

b.  Public health nurses have been requested to use the START model to assess the cars involved in the plane crash on the highway. What is the START MODEL, and how are numbers assigned to the individuals?

c.  The houses in a two-mile radius around the airport have been requested to evacuate the area because airplane fuel is leaking into the river located directly next to the airport. What guidelines should be considered for individuals requested to evacuate?

d.  When the public health nurses were color coding for prehospital triage, what do red and black color codes mean?

 APA format word document (in-text citations needed).

A minimum of 3 evidence-based references no older than 5 years must be used. 

  A minimum of 800 words not to exceed 1,000 are required without counting the first and last page.  

How Would You Handle This Petition?

Betty Smith, a unit clerk, has come to see you, the nurse-manager of the medical unit, to complain of flagrant discriminatory practices against female employees of University General Hospital.  She alleges that women are denied promotional and training opportunities comparable to those made available to men.  She shows you a petition with 35 signatures supporting her allegations.  Ms. Smith has threaten to forward this petition to the administrator of the hospital, the press, and the Department of Labor unless corrective action is taken at once.  Being a woman yourself, you have some sympathy for Ms. Smith’s complaint.  However, you believe overall that employees at University General are treated fairly regardless of their sex.

Ms. Smith, a fairly good employee, has worked on your unit for 4 years.  However, she has been creating problems lately.  She has been reprimanded for taking to much time for coffee breaks.  Personnel evaluations that recommend pay raises and promotions are due next week. 

Instructions:

1. Read the scenario above and answer the following questions:
   1. How should you handle this problem?
   2. Is the personnel evaluation an appropriate time to address the petition?
   3. Outline your plan and explain your rationale
2. Your paper should be:
   • Typed according to APA style for margins, formatting and spacing standards.
   • Typed into a Microsoft Word document, save the file, and then upload the file

Look for 2 different articles, a qualitative and a quantitative research and compare them.

Critique quality of the literature reviews conducted for both articles.

Identify and discuss the research questions, sampling and sampling sizes, research designs (qualitative vs. quantitative), hypothesis, data collection methods, and research findings.

Discuss the credibility of the sources and the research/researchers findings.

400-word minimum/550-word maximum without the references (2 pages).

Minimum of 3 references in APA format, must have been published within last 3-5 years.

Policy Debate – 5 to 6 pages on any one of these 

A. PREVENTION OF SPREAD OF COVID-19

B. STATE MANDATE OF MASKS WEARING TO PREVENT SPREAD COVID-19 ,

C.  Health issues relating to SPENDING TOO many hours watching TV, PHONE, GAMES, SCREEN TIME, LAPTOP

This total does not include reference pages.

I. Identify a current health policy issue-based. If appropriate to the topic and in light of the IOM Future of Nursing Report identify the role of the advanced practice nursing profession and implications of these roles for the new health care system. 

Conduct a review of the literature to determine the history and current status of the policy issue. Present the prevailing debate including differing perspectives of the policy issue. Based on your review of the relevant research and perspectives, present YOUR position regarding the policy issue, including the rationale and data that informed your decision.

2. A description of the policy issue and your argument for or against the policy will be the specific focus of your paper.

3. Where appropriate please make sure to address how factors of race and culture, gender

and sexual orientation, religion, and socio-economic status influence your chosen

policy

4 to 6 References (APA STYLE).

Prepare a two to three page written assignment that includes the following:

Content:

Prepare a two to three page written assignment that includes the following:

• Introduction to the assignment (sections of the assignment)
• Describe the importance of the code of ethics in nursing
• Identify the American Nurses Association Standards of Practice for the licensure you are obtaining (LPN or RN)
• Conclusion (reflect on the criteria of the assignment)
• Use at least two credible resources to support your findings. For example, one of the resources could be the ANA Standards of Practice, and another resource could be the ANA Code of Ethics. These resources must be integrated into the body of your paper using at least two in-text citations. Be sure to use proper APA format and style.

Format:

• Two to three page written assignment
• Standard American English (correct grammar, punctuation, etc.)
• Logical, original, and insightful
• Professional organization, style, and mechanics in APA format