The increasing frequency and severity of natural and technological disasters have underscored the need for robust disaster preparedness within the healthcare system. In this context, nursing education ...

Skilled nursing facilities (SNF) should always have a comprehensive and up-to-date disaster plan in place and, with hurricane season in full swing and winter just around the corner, now is a good time ...

The notable acceleration of global climate change is increasingly impacting healthcare, putting nurses on the frontlines of natural disaster relief more frequently than ever. Nurses play an essential ...

It does not take a hurricane to put nursing home residents at risk when disaster strikes. Around the country, facilities have been caught unprepared for far more mundane emergencies than the ...

Adam Urquhart Nursing students treat injured victims at one of the four stations. NASHUA – With a focus on experiential learning, Rivier University prepared graduating nurses to manage large-scale ...

(AP) WASHINGTON - Tornado, hurricane or flood, nursing homes are woefully unprepared to protect frail residents in a natural disaster, government investigators say. Emergency plans required by the ...

{mosads}”[Long-term care] ombudsmen were often unable to support nursing home residents during disasters; most had no contact with residents until after the disasters. [State survey agencies] reported ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- Government officials vastly undercounted the death toll among Florida nursing home residents after the destruction of Hurricane Irma in 2017, according to new ...