{"title":"Disaster Planning: More Questions than Answers?","authors":"Judith Stoner Halpern RN, MS, CEN","doi":"10.1016/j.dmr.2005.08.007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dmr.2005.08.007","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":84599,"journal":{"name":"Disaster management & response : DMR : an official publication of the Emergency Nurses Association","volume":"3 4","pages":"Page 93"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.dmr.2005.08.007","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91780578","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ralitsa B. Akins MD, PhD, Josie R. Williams MD, MMM, RN, Rasa Silenas MD, FACS, Janine C. Edwards PhD
{"title":"The Role of Public Health Nurses in Bioterrorism Preparedness","authors":"Ralitsa B. Akins MD, PhD, Josie R. Williams MD, MMM, RN, Rasa Silenas MD, FACS, Janine C. Edwards PhD","doi":"10.1016/j.dmr.2005.07.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.dmr.2005.07.004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Public health nurses have a central function in the public health system. Nurses conduct disease surveillance, which is an important first step in recognizing diseases caused by bioterrorist agents. Unfortunately, the current public health infrastructure and expectations for public health nurses are not clearly defined and therefore pose serious difficulties for conducting disease surveillance. Increased surveillance activities for bioterrorism preparedness add more responsibilities to the work of public health nurses.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>A qualitative study on disease surveillance was conducted with public health officials at regional and local levels, working in a variety of urban and rural settings in one large public health region in Texas. Data analysis was supported by qualitative research software, <em>The Ethnograph.</em></p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>The study found that the nurses working at the local level were extremely dedicated to serving their communities, had formed informal partnerships that are essential for disease surveillance, and effectively used informal communication channels to obtain critical surveillance information. The study revealed that nurses had unmet needs and experienced multiple barriers to conducting disease surveillance.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>The study's findings could have implications for public policy and nursing leadership. Defining the structure of the public health system and the scope of public health nurses' responsibilities will serve as the cornerstone for improvement of bioterrorism preparedness.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":84599,"journal":{"name":"Disaster management & response : DMR : an official publication of the Emergency Nurses Association","volume":"3 4","pages":"Pages 98-105"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.dmr.2005.07.004","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25650157","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Open Call for Letters and Stories from the Field","authors":"T. Veenema","doi":"10.1016/J.DMR.2005.08.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/J.DMR.2005.08.003","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":84599,"journal":{"name":"Disaster management & response : DMR : an official publication of the Emergency Nurses Association","volume":"87 1","pages":"96"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82880360","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The 14th World Congress on Disaster and Emergency Medicine Introduces an International Nursing Section","authors":"Knox Andress RN","doi":"10.1016/j.dmr.2005.07.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.dmr.2005.07.002","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":84599,"journal":{"name":"Disaster management & response : DMR : an official publication of the Emergency Nurses Association","volume":"3 4","pages":"Page 96"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.dmr.2005.07.002","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25650153","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Information for Readers","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S1540-2487(05)00080-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S1540-2487(05)00080-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":84599,"journal":{"name":"Disaster management & response : DMR : an official publication of the Emergency Nurses Association","volume":"3 4","pages":"Page A4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1540-2487(05)00080-5","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91780577","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"News and Insights","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.dmr.2005.08.004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dmr.2005.08.004","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":84599,"journal":{"name":"Disaster management & response : DMR : an official publication of the Emergency Nurses Association","volume":"3 4","pages":"Pages 118-119"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.dmr.2005.08.004","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136498506","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Royce Moser Jr. MD, MPH, Colleen Connelly BSN, RN, Lloyd Baker BA, Richard Barton MD, Jan Buttrey MBA, Stephen Morris MD, Jeffrey Saffle MD, Jolene R. Whitney MPA
{"title":"Development of a State Medical Surge Plan, Part I: The Procedures, Process, and Lessons Learned or Confirmed","authors":"Royce Moser Jr. MD, MPH, Colleen Connelly BSN, RN, Lloyd Baker BA, Richard Barton MD, Jan Buttrey MBA, Stephen Morris MD, Jeffrey Saffle MD, Jolene R. Whitney MPA","doi":"10.1016/j.dmr.2005.07.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.dmr.2005.07.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In 2003, the Utah Department of Health received funding from the Health Resources and Services Administration to develop a medical surge plan. The plan was designed to increase the number of available hospital beds in the state by 1250 beds, including 125 beds for patients with burns or trauma patients. Interested parties were contacted and a coordinating group composed of Utah Department of Health and University of Utah Health Sciences Center representatives was formed, who were responsible for developing the plan. This article is Part I of a 2-part series that discusses the planning process and identification of a group of stakeholders who served as a planning task force, and concludes with a summary of lessons learned or confirmed during the planning process. Part II will discuss the content of the medical surge plan.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":84599,"journal":{"name":"Disaster management & response : DMR : an official publication of the Emergency Nurses Association","volume":"3 4","pages":"Pages 112-117"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.dmr.2005.07.003","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25650156","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Information for Authors","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S1540-2487(05)00079-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S1540-2487(05)00079-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":84599,"journal":{"name":"Disaster management & response : DMR : an official publication of the Emergency Nurses Association","volume":"3 4","pages":"Page A3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1540-2487(05)00079-9","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136498504","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"London 2005, Bruised but Not Broken","authors":"Brian Dolan MSEd, MSN, RN","doi":"10.1016/j.dmr.2005.08.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.dmr.2005.08.006","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":84599,"journal":{"name":"Disaster management & response : DMR : an official publication of the Emergency Nurses Association","volume":"3 4","pages":"Pages 94-95"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.dmr.2005.08.006","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25650152","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}