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NUR 5210 – DISASTER AND EMERGENCY NURSING MANAGEMENT

ASSESSMENT TASK 3:

COMPETENCIES, SCOPE OF PRACTICE IN DISASTERS

Contents Page
Cover Page……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………1
Contents Page………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………2
Introduction………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….3
Competencies...…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………4-6
Expanded Scope of Practice………………………………………………………………………………………………6-7
Ethical Practice…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….....7-9
Ability to Respond……………………………………………………………………………………………………………9-11
Conclusion………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….12
References…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….13-14

Introduction
Details of task: The need for core competencies in disaster nursing is overwhelming. Review the literature and discuss the competing issues of competencies, expanded scope of practice, ethical practice and the ability to respond. The following assignment will focus on the overwhelming need for core competencies in disaster nursing. It will give emphasis to four main proficiencies those being nursing competencies, expanded scope of practice, ethical practice and the ability to respond in disasters. The emphasis of this assignment will commence with the issue of nursing competencies within a disaster region and will define what a nursing competency actually is. It will also describe some nursing competencies that have been set in order to ensure that an international nursing workforce is ready, willing and able to respond in the case of a disaster. Following on from the issue of nursing competencies is that of a nurses extended scope of practice when working in a disaster hit local. It illustrates how the nursing role not only develops into a managerial role but also how there is a necessity for further education and training specific to that of disaster management in order to ensure there is a readily available workforce to respond to a

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