Homework: Community Stakeholder Collaboration
Select a potential natural or man-made disaster that could happen in your community. Hurricane Then, write a 4-5 -page paper about the disaster from the community nurse's perspective.
Section A: The Disaster, Man-Made or Natural-
• What disasters may strike your community and why? For example, do you live in "Tornado Alley," (Charlotte County, Florida) or has climate change resulted in unusual cold weather snaps or blizzards in your community? Are you located in a flood plain? Include possible diseases that may result from a natural disaster, such as tetanus or cholera.
Section B: The Nursing Response
• Formulate responses to the disaster, considering systems and community levels of intervention.
• Review websites where a disaster plan may be available for the public, or if one is not currently available, call public health department to see if a disaster plan exists for your community and what the plan contains.
• In addition to reviewing websites for information about your local disaster plan, you will need to locate best practice/evidence-based practice guidelines in professional literature to determine whether your community's disaster plan is as sound as it might be or if there is room for improvement.
Section C: Is My Community Prepared for a Disaster?
• What conclusions can you draw about your community's preparedness plan from having completed this evaluation?
For this Homework, review the following:
• Descibed a potential local natural or man-made disaster.
• Considered system level responses to the disaster including nursing role with information from a local expert or evaluation of the local website.
• Evalauated community preparedness for the disaster.
• Offered conclusions about the community's preparedness plan.
Format your homework according to the give formatting requirements:
• The answer must be using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, typed, with one-inch margins on all sides.
• The response also includes a cover page containing the student's name, the title of the homework, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
• Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.
Reference
• Stanhope, M., & Lancaster, J. (2016). Public health nursing: Population-centered health care in the community (9th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier.
o Chapter 15, "Evidence-Based Practice" (pp. 342-354)
o Chapter 23, "Public Health Nursing Practice and the Disaster Management Cycle" (pp. 503-528)
o Chapter 24, "Public Health Surveillance and Outbreak Investigation" (pp. 529-544)
o Chapter 25, "Program Management" (pp. 545-567).