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    Disaster is a serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a society at any scale due to hazardous events interacting with conditions of exposure, vulnerability and capacity, leading to one or more of the following except:

• Human losses

• Economic losses

• Environmental losses

•    None of the above

It is the adaptation of professional nursing skills in recognizing & meeting the nursing physical & emotional needs resulting from a disaster.

• Disaster

• Health Disaster

•   Disaster Nursing

• Nursing

A “health disaster” is a catastrophic event that results in casualties that overwhelm the healthcare resources in that community. The following are the results of a health disaster except for:

• surge of patients

• reassignment of nurses

• a change in standards of care

• a need to allocate scarce resources

According to WHO, ______________ as the “result of an ecological disruption or threat that exceeds the adjustment capacity of the affected community.

• Human-Induced Hazard

• Man-Made Disaster

• Natural Disaster

• Complex Emergencies

A type of human-generated disaster that large numbers of people, property, community infrastructure, and economic welfare are directly and adversely affected by major industrial accidents, unplanned release of nuclear energy, and fires or explosions from hazardous substances such as fuel, chemicals, or nuclear materials.

• Complex emergencies

• Anthropogenic Disaster

• Technological Disaster

• Synergistic Disaster

A ___________ is any source of potential damage, harm or adverse health effects on something or someone.

• Vulnerable

• Hazard

• Risk

• Assessment

  _______________ is the chance or probability that a person will be harmed or experience an adverse health effect if exposed to a hazard. It may also apply to situations with property or equipment loss, or harmful effects on the environment.

• Vulnerable

• Hazard

• Risk

• Assessment

Those who are capable of being physically or emotionally wounded, open to attack or damage.

• Vulnerable

• Hazard

• Risk

• Assessment

Which of the following is not included in the core preparedness activities.  

• Have a community needs assessment.

• Identify leadership and command post.

• Design a local response for the first 48 hours.

• Identify and accommodate vulnerable populations.

A type of disaster plan that focused their preparedness activities on the most likely threats to occur based on their geographic location.

• Agent-specific approach

• All- hazard approach