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Disaster-Midterms-M2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| were developed after an analysis of existing competency frameworks in the area of public health, mental health, health care workers, emergency managers, nursing and disaster nursing. | ICN Disaster Nursing Competencies |
| Competencies were two disaster nursing competency documents | (1) Educational Competencies for Registered Nurses Responding to Mass Casualty Incidents (2) Core Competencies Required for Disaster Nursing |
| The focus of the ICN Disaster Nursing Competencies is | generalist nurse |
| The competencies were organized under four areas: | mitigation/prevention competencies; preparedness competencies; response competencies; and recovery/rehabilitation competencies |
| mitigation/prevention | (1) risk reduction, disease prevention and health promotion; (2) policy development and planning |
| preparedness | (3) ethical practice, legal practice and accountability; (4) communication and information sharing; (5) education and preparedness |
| response | (6) care of the community; (7) care of individuals and families; (8) psychological care; (9) care of vulnerable populations |
| recovery/rehabilitation | (10) long-term recovery of individuals, families and communities |