PANGS - Disaster Nursing Quiz 1

Is a situation generated by a real or imminent occurrence of n event that requires immediate action

• emergency
• Adaptation
• Capacity
• preparedness

A serious distraction of the functioning of society causing wide spread of human, material, or environmental looses which exceed the ability of the affected society to cope using only its own resources

• emergency
• Adaptation
• Capacity
• preparedness

meaning away from the stars

• dis and astro
• dis and astr
• Disas and astro
• disa and astro

Causes damage, ecological disruption, loss of human life, deterioration of health and health services from outside the affected community or area

• emergency
• Adaptation
• Capacity
• preparedness

The process of modifying natural or human systems in response to actual or anticipated climate impacts, aimed at reducing harm or taking advantage of beneficial opportunities

• Adaptation
• Capacity
• emergency
• preparedness

The combination of resources, strengths, and abilities within a community, society, or organization that helps reduce disaster risks or mitigate their effects. This includes infrastructure, institutions, coping mechanisms, human skills, knowledge, and social structures like leadership and relationships.

• Capacity
• emergency
• Adaptation
• preparedness

Non-governmental, non-profit groups that work toward advancing public goals and interests without seeking profit or political power. They include organizations like NGOs, community groups, labor unions, and faith-based groups, and operate based on values such as ethics, culture, science, religion, or philanthropy.

• Civil Society Organizations (CSOs)
• Climate Change
• Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (CBDRRM)
• Complex Emergency

A long-term alteration in the climate's properties, such as temperature or precipitation patterns, which can be caused by either natural variability or human actions, typically observed over decades or longer.

• Climate Change
• Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (CBDRRM)
• Complex Emergency
• Contingency Planning

A participatory approach to disaster risk management where at-risk communities are actively involved in identifying, assessing, and addressing risks to reduce vulnerabilities and strengthen resilience. The community plays a central role in decision-making and implementing risk-reduction activities.

• Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (CBDRRM)
• Complex Emergency
• Contingency Planning
• Civil Society Organizations (CSOs)

A type of crisis, often human-made, where the causes and the relief efforts are deeply complicated by political factors, making it difficult to address and resolve the situation effectively

• Complex Emergency
• Contingency Planning
• Civil Society Organizations (CSOs)
• Climate Change