Disaster Response: Please read the book “Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital” by Sheri Fink, which uses phenomenology (a qualitative view of exploring the ‘lived’ experience of others) to describe a disaster that occurred in Houston, Texas.
Answer the following questions:
What legal and ethical standards were followed during this disaster? Was this approach effective?
With limited resources and staff, how did the caregivers prioritize care?
How was the triage system affected? What challenges were faced during triage and how were they handled?
Would hospital preparedness prior to the disaster have influenced the outcomes? Explain.
Did the working conditions impact clinical reasoning, decision-making, or the ability to perform at a high level? Explain.
What were the primary ethical dilemmas for all hospital employees, including nurses?
Discuss lessons learned and how hospital infrastructures have changed in response to natural disasters.
In considering informatics and electronic health care, how should hospitals handle the communication between physicians, nurses, and pharmacists to ensure medications can be ordere-d, fille-d, and administere-d during a time of no power, and limite-d back-up power? Use Correct APA Format. Your paper should include an introduction, a body, and a conclusion. Also, support your answers with the course’s readings and at least two scholarly journal articles. The article’s purpose is to support your positions, claims, and observations, in addition to your textbook.
ProQuest and EBSCOhost are great sites to find resources. Also, write in a concise and logical, using excellent grammar and style techniques. Additionally, the quality of your writing dictates grading criteria. On the other hand, if you use direct quotes from books or articles, place the words you copied (use parenthesis) and cite them in-line. Also, only use sources within the five-year range. Additional Guidelines The quotes should be complete sentences (no more, less) and should be incorporate-d in your essay to illustrate your ideas. Please, cite your sources in a clickable reference list at the end. Also, do not copy without providing proper attribution (quotation marks and in-line citations). Also, write an essay format, not in bullet form, numbering, or another list format. It would be best if you use your own words. Lastly, proofread your work and run it through Grammarly for thorough confirmation.