Chapter 16: DISASTER MANAGEMENT

Community Health Nursing Canada 2nd Edition By Stanhope

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Chapter 16: DISASTER MANAGEMENT

 

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

 

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

 

MULTIPLE CHOICE

 

  1. When does the mitigation phase of disaster management begin?
a. Before the disaster occurs
b. During the disaster
c. Immediately following the disaster
d. During the recovery period

 

 

ANS:  A

Disaster management includes four stages: prevention and mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. The first stage, mitigation, takes place before a hazardous event occurs.

 

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Comprehension     REF:   p. 506             OBJ:   3

TOP:   CRNE Competency: Changes in Health

 

  1. In the event of a disaster localized to one district, nursing response would most likely be directed by which following group?
a. Canadian Red Cross
b. Centres for Disease Control and Prevention
c. Centre for Emergency Preparedness and Response (CEPR)
d. Paramedics

 

 

ANS:  C

The CEPR (under the umbrella of the Public Health Agency of Canada [PHAC]) is responsible for coordinating services required to handle all health risk and security threats in Canada. It provides a comprehensive program to train and certify Health Emergency Response Teams to respond to emergency situations in Canadian communities. Although paramedics play an important role in disaster management, a known director, such as the CEPR, must coordinate the response.

 

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Comprehension     REF:   p. 509             OBJ:   5

TOP:   CRNE Competency: Changes in Health

 

  1. After surviving a house fire, a 5-year-old begins sucking his thumb and wetting his bed. What would be the best intervention by the community health nurse (CHN)?
a. Explain to the child that it is important to be strong and not act like a baby.
b. Reassure the family that this behaviour is a normal reaction to a traumatic experience.
c. Recommend admission into a hospital for psychological counselling.
d. Recommend behaviour therapy to treat regression.

 

 

ANS:  B

The effects of a traumatic experience can be especially severe on young children, who may resort to regressive behaviours such as sucking the thumb, wetting the bed, crying, and clinging to caregivers as a coping mechanism. This regressive behaviour is a normal response to trauma.

 

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Application           REF:   p. 517, Box 16-2

OBJ:   3                    TOP:   CRNE Competency: Changes in Health

 

  1. On the second day after a disaster, a disaster relief worker is found to be irritable and having difficulty focusing. He denies having any problem other than a headache. Which of the following actions is the best one for the CHN to take?
a. Dismiss the problem of inability to focus as probably being the result of worry, so that the worker can concentrate on the work at hand and deal with his emotions later.
b. Explain to the relief worker that he is experiencing signs and symptoms of psychological stress and recommend that he take some time off from work to relax.
c. Explain to the worker that his problem arises from multitasking and advise him to focus on one task at a time.
d. Suspect dehydration and encourage the worker to drink more fluids.

 

 

ANS:  B

Early symptoms of stress and burnout include minor tremors, nausea, inability to concentrate, difficulty thinking, and problems with memory. Suppressing feelings of guilt, powerlessness, anger, and other signs of stress eventually will lead to more serious symptoms, such as irritability, fatigue, headaches, and distortions of bodily functions. It is normal to experience stress, but it must be treated. The worst thing anyone can do when experiencing stress is to deny that it exists.

 

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Analysis                REF:   pp. 517–518   OBJ:   3

TOP:    CRNE Competency: Changes in Health

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