ED Nurses Role in a Disaster

This course focuses on the responsibilities of the bedside nurse during disaster events to ensure influx of patients integrates with care of current patient load. Course expires 10/31/2024.

Additional Information

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Description

Federal, local government, and civilian emergency response teams undergo rigorous training on the response level duties during disasters following the National Incident Management System (NIMS). This training ensures streamlined, efficient, and safe operations at the scene of the disaster, rooted in a common incident command structure (Federal Emergency Management Agency [FEMA], 2021). With the crux of the training focused on what response level providers provide and how it leaves a delta in the educational role of the in-department clinician during such disasters. Focusing on the duties, roles, and responsibilities of the bedside clinician in the emergency department during these atypical events can ensure the influx of new patients integrates fluidly with the care of the current patient load unaffected by the disaster.

Presenter: Erik J. Usher, MSN, RN, EMT-P, CEN, CPEN, CFRN

Disclosure: The planners and presenters of this course have no conflicts of interest. Learners will be awarded 1.0 CNE contact hour upon completion of the course and submitting an evaluation. Course expires 10/31/2024.

The Emergency Nurses Association is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Provider Unit #P0232.

The Emergency Nurses Association is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #2322.

Summary


Availability:	On-Demand


Cost:	Member: $24.00 Non-Member: $30.00


Credit Offered:	No Credit Offered