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Description

Public health emergencies are unpredictable and range from man-made problems like a nuclear meltdown or mass shootings, weather-related events like tsunamis and earthquakes, infectious disease epidemics, and everything in between. Disaster Nursing can help you stay ahead of the disaster cycle and ensure that you are prepared for any situation whether you’re in the field, at a hospital, or a student in the classroom. Each topic contains the need-to-know information that can be searched and navigated quickly saving precious time. This life-saving app can be downloaded directly to a smartphone and tablet and requires no internet connection to use it after the initial download which can make all the difference during a public emergency.

Features

• Broad and comprehensive coverage of almost every disaster situation
• Guidelines detailing the basics of how to manage an emergency
• Individual indexes for natural disasters, man-made disasters, infectious disease, and more
• Entries including the details for dealing with each situation including clear objectives, environmental effects, assessment, response, recovery, and more
• Detailed coverage of procedures such as decontamination, isolation, and quarantine
• References with links to the citations for the information
• Universal Index Search to help you find topics quickly
• Favorites for bookmarking important topics

Publisher

Authors

Tener Goodwin Veenema, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN; Clifton P. Thornton, MSN, BS, RN, CNMT, CPNP

View a recording of the Disaster Nursing and Emergency Preparedness webinar presented by Dr. Tener Goodwin Veenema: