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April 27-28, 2017 Las Vegas, USA
19th Global Nursing Education Conference
Volume 6, Issue 2 (Suppl) J Nurs Care
ISSN: 2167-1168 JNC, an open access journal Global Nursing Education 2017
April 27-28, 2017
Nursing process and critical thinking linked to disaster preparedness
Julie A Bulson
Spectrum Health System, USA
Often times during a disaster situation, staff forget what they are supposed to do, to effectively respond and care for patients
already in the hospital, as well as, preparing for a surge of patients. Disaster preparedness is not unlike the nursing process. If, as
nurses, we can reflect on something familiar and translate that practice into a crisis situation, it may become easier to respond in an
unfamiliar situation. This lecture is about how nurses responding during a disaster situation is similar to their day to day use of the
nursing process to assess, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate. We will review each step of the nursing process and what would be
expected of a staff nurse during a mass casualty situation.
Biography
Julie Bulson has nearly 40 years experience in healthcare (30 years in healthcare emergency preparedness). Currently, she serves as Director of Emergency
Preparedness overseeing emergency preparedness program development for Spectrum Health, a large healthcare system in the Mid-West. She has participated
in many state/regional/community planning committees. She has presented at several national emergency preparedness conferences and has co-authored several
articles related to healthcare emergency preparedness.
Julie A Bulson, J Nurs Care 2017, 6:2 (Suppl)