Nurses Have Unique Responsibilities in a Disaster

question 21

Multiple Choice

Nurses have unique responsibilities in a disaster. In the summer of 2004 four consecutive hurricanes swept through Florida. Which of the following were tasks the nurses on disaster medical assistant teams did?

• A) Set up immunization clinics
• B) Assisted in running hospitals so the regular staff could go home to repair damaged homes
• C) Provided all the medical care for disaster victims
• D) Allowed pets to come to the shelters with disaster victims

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Definitions:

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