Deck 17: Disasters and Their Impact

Question 1

A community health nurse is working with a group of people who experienced a tornado and have been forced to leave their homes to escape the effects of a disaster. The nurse assists them in relocating to a shelter in a nearby community based on the understanding that these individuals are considered:

A) indirect victims.
B) refugees.
C) displaced persons.
D) casualties.

Answer 1

displaced persons.

Question 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. Which interpretation by the nurse would be most accurate?

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.

Answer 2

The number of casualties is between 2 and 100.

Question 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 at the scene, reporting this information to the person in charge as which finding?

A) Intensity
B) Scope
C) Casualty
D) Range of effect

Answer 3

Intensity

Question 4

After reading a journal article about disasters, a community health nurse demonstrates understanding of the article by identifying which events as examples of a natural disaster? 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

Question 5

A community health nurse is conducting an in-service presentation for a group of emergency department nurses about disasters. In discussing the topic, the nurse describes the factors that contribute to disasters. The nurse determines that the teaching was successful when the group identifies item as the agent?

A) Population's age
B) Radiation
C) Level of preparedness
D) Flood-prone location

Question 6

A nurse is working as part of a disaster response team. Which federal agencies would a community health nurse expect to be contacted to assist with a disaster in the United States?

A) American Red Cross
B) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
C) WHO's Emergency Relief Operations
D) Pan American Health Organization

Question 7

A community health nurse is working as part of a disaster response team which is using the epidemiological triad to address factors contributing to disasters. When implementing this framework, which concept about the environmental factors would be most important for the team to incorporate?

A) The environment is the natural or technologic element that is the cause of the disaster.
B) The environment includes the human being who experiences the full effect of the disaster.
C) Factors that could potentially contribute to or mitigate a disaster are environmental.
D) Environmental factors that cause a disaster are high winds of a hurricane and the lava of an erupting volcano.

Question 8

A community health nurse is working with a community to develop a program for disaster management. The community is currently working on identifying factors in the community placing it at risk. This community is in which phase of disaster management?

A) Prevention
B) Preparedness
C) Response
D) Recovery

Question 9

A community health nurse is working with a community that is involved with improving community and individual reaction and responses, so that the effects of a disaster are minimized. This community is in which phase of disaster management?

A) Prevention
B) Preparedness
C) Response
D) Recovery

Question 10

A community health nurse is working as part of a disaster response team for a local community. The team expects to implement the response phase of the disaster management plan at which time?

A) When no disaster is expected or anticipated
B) Immediately after the onset of the disastrous event
C) Long-term phase occurring after the disastrous event
D) Prior to the disastrous event

Question 11

A community health nurse is working as part of a disaster response team reviewing their disaster management plan as part of the process of improving disaster management. When reviewing this plan, which information would be most important for the team to integrate into their new plan?

A) Disaster planning is essential for a community, business, or hospital.
B) A disaster plan must be lengthy and detailed.
C) The person responsible for community emergency management creates the plan.
D) All professionals are assumed to have addressed their own personal preparation.

Question 12

A community health nurse is addressing personal preparedness for a disaster. Which components would be necessary for the nurse to include? Select all that apply.

A) A review of workplace and community disaster plans
B) Development of an individual disaster plan for the nurse's own family
C) Participation in workplace and family disaster drills
D) Copies of nursing license and driver's license to bring to the area
E) Ability to use equipment made available during an actual disaster

Question 13

As part of secondary prevention during a disaster response, the community health nurse engages in crisis intervention to achieve which effect?

A) Reestablish equilibrium to the lives of those involved.
B) Prevent the crisis altogether.
C) Involve as many people as possible in the resolution.
D) Triage clients during the recovery phase of the crisis.

Question 14

A community health nurse is engaged in primary prevention activities related to disasters. The nurse would be most likely involved in which activities? Select all that apply.

A) Providing anticipatory guidance
B) Practicing an escape plan
C) Providing emergency assistance
D) Planning disaster drills
E) Providing immediate response
F) Reducing the degree of disability

Question 15

A community health nurse is conducting a program for a local community group about primary prevention activities associated with a terrorist attack involving biologic weapons such as smallpox and anthrax. Which activity would the nurse most likely include in the discussion as being appropriate during the preparedness phase?

A) Investigating outbreaks to determine source
B) Administering vaccines
C) Screening suspected cases
D) Treating persons who have been infected

Question 16

A community health nurse has been asked by the local community leader to evaluate the community's disaster plan. When reviewing the plan, which items would the nurse most likely expect it to address? Select all that apply.

A) Chain of command
B) Routes for transportation
C) Triage
D) Basic equipment
E) Copies of licenses

Question 17

A community health nurse is conducting a program for a group of nurses who are members of their community disaster response team. After describing the nurse's role during the rescue response, the community health nurse determines that additional teaching is needed when the group identifies which area as an appropriate location for the nurse?

A) The disaster site
B) Triage
C) Victim treatment area
D) Local hospitals

Question 18

A nurse is performing triage during a disaster. Assessment reveals that the victim is unconscious and has signs of internal bleeding. The nurse would categorize this victim using which color?

A) Red
B) Yellow
C) Green
D) Black

Question 19

A community health nurse responding to a disaster is involved with caring for the bodies of the victims who have died. Which method of documentation would be most appropriate?

A) Making a note on the triage tag
B) Using a toe tag for identification
C) Placing the name on a casualty list
D) Recording the name on the victim's body

Question 20

A group of nurses had been involved in providing care to victims involved in a bomb blast in the community, resulting in numerous serious injuries and fatalities. The local community will be providing Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD) to the nurses. At which time after the event would the community most likely offer this debriefing to be most effective?

A) 12 hours
B) 1 to 3 days
C) 4 to 6 days
D) 7 to 10 days

Question 21

A community health nurse is providing crisis intervention to individuals experiencing psychological consequences of a disaster. The nurse employs a generic approach, as evidenced by which action?

A) Providing situational support for stress relief
B) Conveying warmth and concern for the client
C) Teaching about expected emotional reactions
D) Reunifying family members who were separated

Question 22

A community health nurse suspects that a client who was a victim of a disaster 3 months ago is experiencing posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Which assessment findings would most likely support the nurse's suspicion? Select all that apply.

A) Diminished startle response
B) Hypervigilance
C) Feelings of detachment
D) Flashbacks
E) Full range of affect

Question 23

A community health nurse is conducting an educational program for a group of community health nurses who are working as members of their local community disaster response teams. As part of the program, the nurse discusses primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention activities related to possible terrorism. Which activity would the nurse most likely emphasize as primary prevention?

A) Providing direct care to survivors
B) Engaging in surveillance
C) Acting as a hospital-community liaison
D) Establishing a survivor case management system

Question 24

A community health nurse is conducting a program for a local community group of first responders about agents associated with chemical warfare. After teaching the group, the nurse determines that additional teaching is needed when the group identifies which as an example?

A) Explosives
B) Nerve agents
C) Anthrax
D) Jet fuel

Question 25

A community health nurse is working as part of a team providing care during a disaster involving an explosion. The nurse is working to triage victims. Which victim would the nurse categorize as green?

A) Person is unconscious with signs of internal and external bleeding.
B) Person is conscious with numerous cuts and bruises that are superficial.
C) Person is conscious with a fracture of the upper arm.
D) Person is unconscious with an open skull fracture with visible brain matter.

Question 26

A community health nurse is preparing a presentation for a community group about possible agents of terrorism. Which would the nurse include as examples of bioweapons? Select all that apply.

A) Mustard gas
B) Sarin
C) VX gas
D) Nerve agents
E) Bombs

Question 27

A nurse is working as part of a community task force in a major urban area. The task force has been asked to develop plans for dealing with potential disasters associated with biologic warfare. When developing these plans, the task force would most likely focus on which agents posing the greatest threat? Select all that apply.

A) Anthrax
B) Ebola virus
C) Smallpox
D) Ricin toxin
E) Yellow fever virus

Question 28

A community health nurse is working as part of a disaster management team to develop programs to address disaster preparedness. The team would most likely focus on which areas? Select all that apply.

A) Evacuation
B) Risk factor identification
C) Personnel training
D) Victim care
E) Equipment acquisition

Question 29

A community health nurse is engaged in primary disaster prevention activities in the community. Which action would the nurse most likely involved with?

A) Conducting disaster drills
B) Assisting with early evacuation
C) Providing emergency assistance
D) Implementing crisis counseling

Question 30

A community health nurse is conducting a program for a local community group about disaster preparedness. After teaching the group about the concept of shelter-in-place, the nurse determines that the teaching was successful when the group identifies that individuals should have enough supplies to last how long?

A) 24 hours
B) 36 hours
C) 48 hours
D) 72 hours

Question 31

A nurse working as part of a disaster management team is assisting with triage. The nurse assesses a victim and notes that the victim is unresponsive, has no pulse, and is not breathing. The victim also has an open skull injury with what appears to be brain matter visible in the wound. The nurse would classify this victim by which colored triage tag?

A) Red
B) Yellow
C) Green
D) Black

Question 32

A community health nurse has been asked by the local community to assist in providing additional materials for disaster preparedness and management. Which organization would assist with disaster management?

A) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
B) World Health Organization (WHO)
C) U.S. Department of Health and Human Resources (USDHHS)
D) Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

Question 33

A nurse is assisting a client whose home was lost during a tornado that occurred 1 year ago. During the visit, the client states, "I am feeling less anxious during storms." Which phase of disaster experience does the nurse document in the client's health record?

A) Predisaster phase
B) Impact phase
C) Heroic phase
D) Honeymoon phase
E) Disillusionment phase
F) Reconstruction phase