Title: Identify prevention and epidemiological and disaster response.
Course: Practical Nursing III (14052-III) > Section: Mastering Nursing Competencies and Skills in the Clinical Setting

Identification should include

- recognition of unusual events that may indicate a bioterrorism emergency
- recognition of a nurse’s role during a pandemic or endemic
- description of common biological and chemical agents
- transmission of biological and chemical agents
- signs and symptoms of exposure
- precautions to take during and after an attack
- role of local, state, and federal public health and law enforcement agencies
- emergency preparedness plans of local healthcare facilities
- a nurse's role in an emergency response.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What unusual events may indicate a bioterrorism emergency?
- How can biological agents (e.g., anthrax, botulism, plague, ricin, smallpox, viral hemorrhagic fevers) be described and transmitted?
- How can chemical agents (e.g., sulfur mustard, cyanide, sarin, 3-quinuclidinyl benzilate [BZ]) be described and transmitted?
- How can signs and symptoms of exposure to biological and chemical agents be recognized?
- What precautions should be taken during and after a bioterrorism attack?
- What is the role of public health and law enforcement in a bioterrorism emergency?
- How can communicable diseases affect the nurse’s role?
- What is the role of the nurse in emergency preparedness for pandemic, endemic, and local outbreaks of communicable diseases?