09 Jul Disaster Recovery Plan

Develop a disaster recovery plan tolessen health disparities and improve access to community services after adisaster. Then, develop and record a 10-12 slide presentation (pleaserefer to the PowerPoint tutorial) of the plan with audio and speaker notes forthe Vila Health system, city officials, and the disaster relief team.

As you begin to prepare thisassessment, you are encouraged to complete the Disaster Preparedness andManagement activity. The information gained from completing this activity willhelp you succeed with the assessment as you think through key issues indisaster preparedness and management in the community or workplace. Completingactivities is also a way to demonstrate engagement.

ProfessionalContext

Nurses perform a variety of rolesand their responsibilities as health care providers extend to the community.The decisions we make daily and in times of crisis often involve the balancingof human rights with medical necessities, equitable access to services, legaland ethical mandates, and financial constraints. In the event of a majoraccident or natural disaster, many issues can complicate decisions concerningthe needs of an individual or group, including understanding and upholdingrights and desires, mediating conflict, and applying established ethical andlegal standards of nursing care. As a nurse, you must be knowledgeable aboutdisaster preparedness and recovery to safeguard those in your care. As anadvocate, you are also accountable for promoting equitable services and qualitycare for the diverse community.

Nurses work alongside firstresponders, other professionals, volunteers, and the health department to safeguardthe community. Some concerns during a disaster and recovery period include thepossibility of death and infectious disease due to debris and/or contaminationof the water, air, food supply, or environment. Various degrees of injury mayalso occur during disasters, terrorism, and violent conflicts.

To maximize survival, firstresponders must use a triage system to assign victims according to the severityof their condition/prognosis in order to allocate equitable resources andprovide treatment. During infectious disease outbreaks, triage does not takethe place of routine clinical triage.

Trace-mapping becomes an importantstep to interrupting the spread of all infectious diseases to prevent orcurtail morbidity and mortality in the community. A vital step in trace-mappingis the identification of the infectious individual or group and isolating orquarantining them. During the trace-mapping process, these individuals areinterviewed to identify those who have had close contact with them. Contactsare notified of their potential exposure, testing referrals become paramount,and individuals are connected with appropriate services they might need duringthe self-quarantine period (CDC, 2020).

An example of such disaster is theCOVID-19 pandemic of 2020. People who had contact with someone who were incontact with the COVID-19 virus were encouraged to stay home and maintainsocial distance (at least 6 feet) from others until 14 days after their lastexposure to a person with COVID-19. Contacts were required to monitorthemselves by checking their temperature twice daily and watching for symptomsof COVID-19 (CDC, 2020). Local, state, and health department guidelines wereessential in establishing the recovery phase. Triage Standard OperatingProcedure (SOP) in the case of COVID-19 focused on inpatient and outpatienthealth care facilities that would be receiving, or preparing to receive,suspected, or confirmed COVID- 19 victims. Controlling droplet transmissionthrough hand washing, social distancing, self-quarantine, PPE, installingbarriers, education, and standardized triage algorithm/questionnaires becameessential to the triage system (CDC, 2020; WHO, 2020).

This assessment provides anopportunity for you to apply the concepts of emergency preparedness, publichealth assessment, triage, management, and surveillance after a disaster. Youwill also focus on evacuation, extended displacement periods, and contacttracing based on the disaster scenario provided.

Demonstrationof Proficiency

By successfully completing thisassessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following coursecompetencies and assessment criteria:

• Competency 1: Analyze health risks and health care needs among distinct populations.
• Describe the determinants of health and the cultural, social, and economic barriers that impact safety, health, and disaster recovery efforts in a community.
• Competency 2: Propose health promotion strategies to improve the health of populations.
• Present specific, evidence-based strategies to overcome communication barriers and enhance interprofessional collaboration to improve disaster recovery efforts.
• Competency 3: Evaluate health policies, based on their ability to achieve desired outcomes.
• Explain how health and governmental policy affect disaster recovery efforts.
• Competency 4: Integrate principles of social justice in community health interventions.
• Explain how a proposed disaster recovery plan will lessen health disparities and improve access to community services.
• Competency 5: Apply professional, scholarly communication strategies to lead health promotion and improve population health.
• Organize content with clear purpose/goals and with relevant and evidence-based sources (published within 5 years).
• Slides are easy to read and error free. Detailed audio and speaker notes are provided. Audio is clear, organized, and professionally presented.

Note: Complete the assessments in this course in the order inwhich they are presented.

Preparation

When disaster strikes, communitymembers must be protected. A comprehensive recovery plan, guided by the MAP-IT(Mobilize, Assess, Plan, Implement, Track) framework, is essential to helpensure everyones safety. The unique needs of residents must be assessed tolessen health disparities and improve access to equitable services after adisaster. Recovery efforts depend on the appropriateness of the plan, theextent to which key stakeholders have been prepared, the quality of thetrace-mapping, and the allocation of available resources. In a time of costcontainment, when personnel and resources may be limited, the needs ofresidents must be weighed carefully against available resources.

In this assessment, you are acommunity task force member responsible for developing a disaster recoveryplan for the Vila Health community using MAP-IT and trace-mapping, which youwill present to city officials and the disaster relief team.

To prepare for the assessment,complete the simulation.

In addition, you are encouraged tocomplete the Disaster Preparedness and Management activity. The informationgained from completing this activity will help you succeed with the assessmentas you think through key issues in disaster preparedness and management in thecommunity or workplace. Completing activities is also a way to demonstrateengagement.

Begin thinking about:

• Community needs.
• Resources, personnel, budget, and community makeup.
• People accountable for implementation of the disaster recovery plan.
• Healthy People 2020 goals and 2030 objectives.
• A timeline for the recovery effort.

You may also wish to:

• Review the MAP-IT (Mobilize, Assess, Plan, Implement, Track) framework, which you will use to guide the development of your plan:
• Mobilize collaborative partners.
• Assess community needs.
• Plan to lessen health disparities and improve access to services.
• Implement a plan to reach Healthy People 2020 goals or 2030 objectives.
• Track community progress.
• Review the assessment instructions and scoring guide to ensure that you understand the work you will be asked to complete.

Note: Remember that you can submit all, or a portion of, yourdraft recovery plan to for feedback, before yousubmit the final version for this assessment. If you plan on using this freeservice, be mindful of the turnaround time of 2448 hours for receiving feedback.

Note: If you require the use of assistive technology oralternative communication methods to participate in this activityaccommodations.

Instructions

Every 10 years, The U.S. Departmentof Health and Human Services and the Office of Disease Prevention and HealthPromotion release information on health indicators, public health issues, andcurrent trends. At the end of 2020, Healthy People 2030 was released to provideinformation for the next 10 years. Healthy People 2030 provides the mostupdated content when it comes to prioritizing public health issues; however,there are historical contents that offer a better understanding of some topics.Disaster preparedness is addressed in Healthy People 2030, but a more robustunderstanding of MAP-IT, triage, and recovery efforts is found in HealthyPeople 2020. For this reason, you will find references to both Healthy People2020 and Healthy People 2030 in this course.

Complete the following:

1. Develop a disaster recovery plan for the Vila Health community that will lessen health disparities and improve access to services after a disaster. Refer back to the to understand the Vila Health community.
• Assess community needs.
• Consider resources, personnel, budget, and community makeup.
• Identify the people accountable for implementation of the plan and describe their roles.
• Focus on specific Healthy People 2020 goals and 2030 objectives.
• Include a timeline for the recovery effort.
2. Apply the MAP-IT (Mobilize, Assess, Plan, Implement, Track) framework to guide the development of your plan:
• Mobilize collaborative partners.
• Assess community needs.
• Use the demographic data and specifics related to the disaster to identify the needs of the community and develop a recovery plan. Consider physical, emotional, cultural, and financial needs of the entire community.
• Include in your plan the equitable allocation of services for the diverse community.
• Apply the triage classification to provide a rationale for those who may have been injured during the train derailment. Provide support for your position.
• Include in your plan contact tracing of the homeless, disabled, displaced community members, migrant workers, and those who have hearing impairment or English as a second language in the event of severe tornadoes.
• Plan to lessen health disparities and improve access to services.
• Implement a plan to reach Healthy People 2020 goals and 2030 objectives.
• Track and trace-map community progress.
• Use the CDC’s  as a template to create your contact tracing. 
• Describe the plan for contact tracing during the disaster and recovery phase.
3. Develop a slide presentation of your disaster recovery plan with an audio recording of you presenting your assessment of the for city officials and the disaster relief team. Be sure to also include speaker notes.

PresentationFormat and Length

You may use Microsoft PowerPoint(preferred) or other suitable presentation software to create your slides andadd your voice-over along with speaker notes. If you elect to use anapplication other than PowerPoint, check with your instructor to avoidpotential file compatibility issues.

Be sure that your slide deckincludes the following slides:

• Title slide.
• Recovery plan title.
• Your name.
• Date.
• Course number and title.
• References (at the end of your presentation).

Your slide deck should consist of1012 content slides plus title and references slides. Use thespeaker’s notes section of each slide to develop your talking points and citeyour sources as appropriate. The speaker notes should match your recordedvoice-over. Make sure to review the Microsoft PowerPoint tutorial fordirections for inserting your speaker notes.

The following resources will helpyou create and deliver an effective presentation:

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• This Microsoft article provides steps for recording slide shows in different versions of PowerPoint, including steps for Windows, Mac, and online.
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• This Campus page includes tip sheets and tutorials for Microsoft PowerPoint.
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• This library guide provides links to PowerPoint and other presentation software resources.
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• This presentation, designed especially for the School of Nursing and Health Sciences, offers valuable tips and links, and is itself a PowerPoint template that can be used to create a presentation.

SupportingEvidence

Cite at least three credible sourcesfrom peer-reviewed journals or professional industry publications within thepast 5 years to support your plan.

Graded Requirements

The requirements outlined belowcorrespond to the grading criteria in the scoring guide, so be sure to addresseach point:

• Describe the determinants of health and the cultural, social, and economic barriers that impact safety, health, and recovery efforts in the community.
• Consider the interrelationships among these factors.
• Explain how your proposed disaster recovery plan will lessen health disparities and improve access to community services.
• Consider principles of social justice and cultural sensitivity with respect to ensuring health equity for individuals, families, and aggregates within the community.
• Explain how health and governmental policy impact disaster recovery efforts.
• Consider the implications for individuals, families, and aggregates within the community of legislation that includes, but is not limited to, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, and the Disaster Recovery Reform Act (DRRA).
• Present specific, evidence-based strategies to overcome communication barriers and enhance interprofessional collaboration to improve the disaster recovery effort.
• Consider how your proposed strategies will affect members of the disaster relief team, individuals, families, and aggregates within the community.
• Include evidence to support your strategies.
• Organize content with clear purpose/goals and with relevant and evidence-based sources (published within 5 years).
• Slides are easy to read and error free. Detailed audio and speaker notes are provided. Audio is clear, organized, and professionally presented.
• Develop your presentation with a specific purpose and audience in mind.
• Adhere to scholarly and disciplinary writing standards and APA formatting requirements.