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Preparing nurses for disaster management
- Title
- Preparing nurses for disaster management / Joanne C. Langan, Dotti C. James.
- Author
- Langan, Joanne C.
- Publication
- Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Prentice Hall, [2005], ©2005.
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- Additional Authors
- James, Dotti C.
- Description
- xvii, 254 pages : illustrations; 28 cm
- Summary
- "This comprehensive resource prepares nurses, nursing students and administrators to provide care to victims of natural disasters, as well as disasters caused by biological, chemical or radiological agents. It offers vital information on disaster planning, response implementation and management of casualties, as well as post-disaster restoration, treatment of psychological effects of disasters and caring for children and vulnerable populations."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Ch. 1. Disasters : a basic overview / Joanne C. Langan -- Ch. 2. Planning for disasters / Joanne C. Langan and Julie Benbenishty -- Ch. 3. Organization and implementation of the disaster response / Dotti C. James -- Ch. 4. Promoting mental health : predisaster and postdisaster / Dorcas E. McLaughlin, Ruth B. Murray and Julie Benbenishty -- Ch. 5. Preparing nursing administrators, faculty, and students for disasters / Joanne C. Langan, Vered Kater and Ayala Aharoni -- Ch. 6. Preparing staff and inactive registered nurses to manage casualties / Dotti C. James, Joanne C. Langan, Helen Sandkuhl and Julie Benbenishty -- Ch. 7. Management and preparation for battlefield casualties / Michelle R. Mandy -- Ch. 8. Preparing community health nurses and nurses in ambulatory health centers / Dotti C. James -- Ch. 9. Considerations for vulnerable populations / Joanne C. Langan and Dotti C. James -- Ch. 10. Preparing nurses to plan and care for children during disaster situations / Nina K. Westhus, Diana Fendya and Vered Kater -- Ch. 11. The role of the infection control nurse in disaster preparedness / Terri Rebmann -- Ch. 12. Disaster as the personal experience / Joanne C. Langan and Vered Kater -- App. Decontamination forms and volunteer log.
- ISBN
- 0131780697
- LCCN
- 2004001636
- OCLC
- ocm54111553
- SCSB-5109829
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries