The staff nurse is a member of the disaster planning committee at a local hospital and will give a presentation to the community regarding the need for volunteers to join the community emergency response teams (CERTs). Which statement regarding the role of CERT will the nurse include in the presentation?

The question is incomplete and no further information is available. The answer includes all the common role of the nursing in community emergency response teams.

Answer:

Nurses plays an important and prestigious role in the case of any disaster and its management. The nurses provide emergency care, first aid, health care and education of the disaster.

The nurses in collaboration with the physicians and triage officers tries to organize and fulfill the patient's need. The nurses have proper emergency plan that describes their strategy and patient care. During the disaster the emergency health kit and medicines are provided by the nurses to all the injured person.