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    The document outlines the roles of public health nurses in responding to different types of disasters. In a chemical disaster, the nurse promotes safety through education and planning, prevents illness by minimizing exposure, and provides medical intelligence and resources. They also participate in incident command, risk communication, behavioral health support, epidemiological investigations, and environmental impact assessments. In a radiological disaster, the nurse supports surveillance, works in clinics distributing countermeasures, employs prevention interventions, educates the public, and counsels community members. For a biological disaster, the nurse is involved in all phases of planning, detecting, controlling and responding to outbreaks, from pre-disaster planning through post-disaster evaluation, and may collaborate with law enforcement on criminal investigations

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    The document outlines the roles of public health nurses in responding to different types of disasters. In a chemical disaster, the nurse promotes safety through education and planning, prevents illness by minimizing exposure, and provides medical intelligence and resources. They also participate in incident command, risk communication, behavioral health support, epidemiological investigations, and environmental impact assessments. In a radiological disaster, the nurse supports surveillance, works in clinics distributing countermeasures, employs prevention interventions, educates the public, and counsels community members. For a biological disaster, the nurse is involved in all phases of planning, detecting, controlling and responding to outbreaks, from pre-disaster planning through post-disaster evaluation, and may collaborate with law enforcement on criminal investigations

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    Worksheet #2

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    PAULINE FERRER
    The document outlines the roles of public health nurses in responding to different types of disasters. In a chemical disaster, the nurse promotes safety through education and planning, prevents illness by minimizing exposure, and provides medical intelligence and resources. They also participate in incident command, risk communication, behavioral health support, epidemiological investigations, and environmental impact assessments. In a radiological disaster, the nurse supports surveillance, works in clinics distributing countermeasures, employs prevention interventions, educates the public, and counsels community members. For a biological disaster, the nurse is involved in all phases of planning, detecting, controlling and responding to outbreaks, from pre-disaster planning through post-disaster evaluation, and may collaborate with law enforcement on criminal investigations

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    Role of Public Health Nurse in Chemical Disaster

     Promote life safety through education, information and planning


     Goal is to prevent illness by minimizing exposure and rapid, effective response
     Provide medical intelligence such as knowledge of antidotes and symptoms of exposure
     Procure resources available to the State with forward placement whenever possible
     Provide guidance for use of assets under the direction of the State Health Officer
     Participate as ESF 8 in Incident Command and/or Unified Command
     Assist in the development of factual communication for multiple audiences during response
     Promote behavioral health
     Conduct epidemiological investigations
     Coordinate laboratory services
     Participate assessments and actions to minimize the health and environmental impacts

    Role of Public Health Nurse in Radiological Disaster

     Supporting and advising in epidemic surveillance and detection, such as contact tracing;
     working in point-of-distribution clinics to screen, test, and distribute vaccines and other medical
    countermeasures;
     employing prevention and response interventions;
     providing direct hospital-based treatment for impacted individuals;
     educating patients and the public to decrease risk for infection;
     providing health systems and community-based leadership; and
     counseling and supporting community members to assuage fear and anxiety

    Role of Public Health Nurse in Biological Disaster

    Public health nurses who work in a local or state health department are actively involved in all phases
    of planning, detecting, controlling and responding to an outbreak caused by a bioterrorist agent. The
    scope of the public health nurses' practice can extend from pre-disaster planning, to delivering care
    during an event, to post-disaster evaluation. Public health nurses are accustomed to handling
    outbreaks of communicable disease and routinely collaborate with other health care workers in
    primary care and hospital settings. If an incident is suspected bioterrorism, the case will involve
    working with local and federal law enforcement agencies conducting a criminal investigation.

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