Community & Public Health Nursing Promoting the Public's Health 8th ed by Allender, Judith
Community & Public Health Nursing Promoting the Public's Health 8th ed by Allender, Judith
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Chapter 17, Being Prepared- Impact of Disaster
Complete Chapter Questions With Answers
Sample Questions Are Posted Below
| 1. | A community health nurse is working with people who experienced a tornado and have been forced to leave their homes to escape the effects of a disaster. The nurse would identify these people as which of the following? | |
| A) | Indirect victims | |
| B) | Refugees | |
| C) | Displaced persons | |
| D) | Casualties | |
| Ans: | C | |
| Feedback: | ||
| Displaced persons are those who have been forced to leave their homes to escape the effects of a disaster. Indirect victims are the relatives and friends of direct victims. Refugees are direct victims who are forced to leave their homeland, usually due to war, religious persecution, or political turmoil. A casualty is a human being who is injured or killed by or as a direct result of an accident. | ||
| 2. | A community health nurse working as a part of a disaster response team is told that the disaster is classified as a multiple-casualty incident. The nurse would interpret this to mean which of the following? | |
| A) | There is more than 1 but less than 10 casualties. | |
| B) | The number of casualties is between 2 and 100. | |
| C) | Casualties number over 100. | |
| D) | There are too many casualties to count. | |
| Ans: | B | |
| Feedback: | ||
| If casualties number more than two people but fewer than 100, the disaster is characterized as a multiple-casualty incident. A mass-casualty incident involves100 or more casualties. | ||
| 3. | A community health nurse is part of a disaster response team that is first to respond to an earthquake. The team evaluates the level of destruction and devastation, identifying this as which of the following? | |
| A) | Intensity | |
| B) | Scope | |
| C) | Casualty | |
| D) | Range of effect | |
| Ans: | A | |
| Feedback: | ||
| The intensity of a disaster is the level of destruction and devastation it causes. The scope of a disaster is the range of its effect, either geographically or in terms of the number of victims. Casualty refers to the human being(s) injured or killed by or as a direct result of an accident. | ||
| 4. | Which of the following examples of disasters are natural disasters? Select all that apply. | |
| A) | The Earthquake and tsunami in Japan in 2011 | |
| B) | The 2008 shootings at Virginia Tech | |
| C) | The terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001 | |
| D) | Wildfires that affected California in October 2007 | |
| E) | The oil spill in the gulf coast in 2010 that threatened hundreds of species of wildlife | |
| Ans: | A, D | |
| Feedback: | ||
| Examples of natural disasters include the earthquake and tsunami in Japan in 2011 and wildfires that affected California in October 2007. The following disasters are man-made: the 2008 shootings at Virginia Tech; the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001; and the oil spill in the gulf coast in 2010 that threatened hundreds of species of wildlife. | ||
| 5. | After teaching a class about the factors that contribute to disasters, the instructor determines that the teaching was successful when the students identify which of the following as the agent? | |
| A) | Population’s age | |
| B) | Radiation | |
| C) | Level of preparedness | |
| D) | Flood-prone location | |
| Ans: | B | |
| Feedback: | ||
| The agent is the natural or technologic element that causes the disaster. For example, the high winds of a hurricane and the lava of an erupting volcano are agents, as are radiation, industrial chemicals, biologic agents, and bombs. The population’s age is an example of host factor. The level of preparedness and flood-prone location are examples of environmental factors. | ||
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