Preparing nurses for disasters management

Langan, Joanne C. (Author). James, Dotti C. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 0131780697
Physical Description: print
xvii, 254 p. : ill., ports ; 28 cm.
Publisher: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Prentice Hall, c2005.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Disasters: a basic overview / Joanne C. Langan -- Planning for disasters / Joanne C. Langan & Julie Benbenishty -- Organization and implementation of the disaster response / Dotti James -- Promoting mental health: pre- and post-disaster / Dorcas E.McLaughlin, Ruth B. Murray & Julie Benbenishty -- Preparing nursing administrators, faculty, and students for disasters / Joanne C. Langan, Vered Kater & Ayala Aharoni -- Preparing staff and inactive registered nurses to manage casualties / Dotti C. James, Joanne C. Langan, Helen Sandkuhl & Julie Benbenishty -- Management and preparation for battlefield casualties / Michelle R. Mandy -- Preparing community health nurses and nurses in ambulatory health centers / Dotti C. James -- Considerations for vulnerable populations / Joanne C. Langan and Dotti C. James -- Preparing nurses to plan and care for children during disaster situations / Nina K. Westhus, Diana Fendya & Vered Kater -- Role of the infection control nurse in disaster preparedness / Terri Rebmann -- Disaster as the personal experience / Joanne C. Langan & Vered Kater.