Author Question: Special needs shelters reduce the surge demands on hospitals and long-term care facilities. Careful ... (Read 44 times)

RRMR · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

Special needs shelters reduce the surge demands on hospitals and long-term care facilities. Careful preplanning for a community's special needs population is essential. Persons arriving at a shelter:

1. Must not bring all their special equipment and medications
2. Must have a psychological condition that makes them inappropriate for a regular shelter
3. Are assessed by a nurse to determine whether this type of facility is appropriate
4. Receive medical care as though they were in a hospital

Question 2

The Intervention Wheel framework is based on 10 assumptions. Assumption 2 is, Public health nursing practice focuses on populations.. This implies:

1. A population is a collection of individuals who have one or more personal or en-vironmental characteristics in common.
2. The population at risk has many identified and unidentified risk factors.
3. The focus of public health nurses is on individuals in a population.
4. The determinants of health are focused on knowledge from international sources.

chevyboi1976 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 8, 2018

Answer to Question 1

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Any person who comes to a special needs shelter must be assessed by a nurse to determine whether this type of facility is appropriate.

Answer to Question 2

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A population is a collection of individuals who have one or more personal or environmental characteristics in common: this is the focus group of public health nursing.