In an effort to better serve our communities in the aftermath of Sandy’s devastation, there will be a regular series of Disaster Health Services Response Workshops (HSRWs) offered through the Red Cross State Nurse Liaison (SNL) Network. These offerings will initially occur every other day at 2 PM starting 1 November 12, Thursday. We will reassess need the week of Thanksgiving and adjust from there.Feel free to proceed directly to our registration site, selecting one of the dates/times below for the HSRW training, which is two hours. Your registration information will enable us to issue your certificate of completion through the email after you complete the course. NOTE: This is a full course certification to become DHS worker in Disaster Services when added to other volunteer requirements.ANYONE can participate in this training who is eligible for DHS (RNs, LPNs, physicians, EMTs, CNAs, and students in any of those categories), but this course is ONE of several components that you will need to become a Red Cross volunteer. That said, we are welcoming our partners in other organizations to participate as they work beside and with our DHS volunteers during this disaster. Please contact Debra Williams, SNL Advisor for Red Cross Divisions 3-5 and coordinator for this effort,for further information or questions related to this offering.Debra Williams, Red Cross SNL Adv Div 3-5
with information you need to join the Webinar.
PC-based attendees
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Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Disaster Health Service Training Available Online for Hurricane Sandy Disaster Response
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
WHAT DO RED CROSS NURSES DO?
Red Cross Registered Nurses
Responsibilities:
· Perform physical and psychosocial assessments/exams and
health histories
· Provide health promotion, counseling and education
· Administer medications, wound care, and numerous other
personalized interventions
· Interpret client information and make critical decisions
about needed actions
· Coordinate care, in collaboration with a wide array of
healthcare professionals
· Direct and supervise care delivered by other healthcare
personnel like LPNs and nurse aides
· Conduct research in support of improved practice and
patient outcomes
Settings:
Red Cross RNs practice in across all of the organization’s business lines, integrating nursing responsibilities into the following areas: Service to Armed Forces (SAF), Preparedness Health and Safety (PHSS), Disaster Services (DS), Biomedical Services (Biomed), and International Services. Their practice setting in the American Red Cross is the community setting, which can be a disaster shelter, first aid station, phone triage center, sporting or community event, community instruction to include Certified Nurse Assistants, or a blood drive area. Red Cross nurses also have the unique ability to individually credential and volunteer in Department of Defense and Veterans Administration (VA) health care systems, to include hospitals.
Red Cross RNs practice in across all of the organization’s business lines, integrating nursing responsibilities into the following areas: Service to Armed Forces (SAF), Preparedness Health and Safety (PHSS), Disaster Services (DS), Biomedical Services (Biomed), and International Services. Their practice setting in the American Red Cross is the community setting, which can be a disaster shelter, first aid station, phone triage center, sporting or community event, community instruction to include Certified Nurse Assistants, or a blood drive area. Red Cross nurses also have the unique ability to individually credential and volunteer in Department of Defense and Veterans Administration (VA) health care systems, to include hospitals.
Scope and Standards of
Practice:
Recommended Reading:
ANA Nursing: Scope and
Standards of Practice (2010).
ANA Scope and Standards of
Public Health Nursing Practice (2010).
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