Julie A Bulson
Spectrum Health System, USA
Title: Nursing Process and Critical Thinking Linked to Disaster Preparedness
Biography
Biography: Julie A Bulson
Abstract
Often times during a disaster situation, staff forget what they are supposed to do to effectively respond and care for patients already in the hospital as well as preparing for a surge of patients. Disaster preparedness is not unlike the nursing process. If as nurses we can reflect on something familiar and translate that practice into a crisis situation, it may become easier to respond in an unfamiliar situation. This lecture is about how nurses responding during a disaster situation is similar to their day to day use of the nursing process...Assess, Diagnose, Plan, Implement, Evaluate. We will review each step of the nursing process and what would be expected of a staff nurse during a mass casualty situation.