NSGCB/482 Competency 3 Assessment and Rubric

Course Title: Promoting Healthy Communities

Competency Assessment Title: Disaster Planning, Preparedness, and Response
In this assessment, you will explore the nurse’s role in disaster planning, preparedness, response, and recovery. You will develop a
teaching tool to be used in the community that teaches community members how to be prepared for a variety of disasters common to
our state.

Assignment Directions
There are 2 parts to this assignment. In Part 1, you will explore the professional nurse’s role in disaster planning, preparedness, response, and
recovery, and you will evaluate the community’s level of preparedness by interviewing first responders. In Part 2, you will assess individuals’ level
of preparedness for emergency situations in your chosen family or agency, you will teach individuals, families, and/or community members how to
prepare for a variety of disasters common to your community, and you will assist individuals and families to develop an emergency “Go-Bag” in the
event they need to evacuate due to an emergency.

Part 1: The Professional Nurse’s Role in Disaster Response (Indirect Care Hours)
Health care workers can play a significant part in disaster planning and emergency preparedness.
Analyze disaster response and emergency preparedness in the community by:
• Researching the local community emergency management plan
• Interviewing one or more first responders about whether they think the community is prepared for a disaster and why.
Based on your research and interview(s), identify nursing roles and responsibilities and consider the interprofessional roles(e.g., first responders,
local hospitals, county public health departments) during each phase of emergency management.
The phases of emergency management are:
• Prevention
• Preparedness and Planning
• Response
• Recovery
Create a teaching tool for the community in which you describe:
• How to plan an emergency kit or go bag

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• How to practice your evacuation plan

• How members of a family or household should communicate with each other
• How to respond to natural disasters, such as a fire, flood, or earthquake
• How to respond in a mass casualty situation, such as a major car accident or active shooter incident
Summarize your findings in a 10- to 12-slide PowerPoint presentation with speaker notes in which you:
• Describe nurses’ roles in each phase of the community disaster plan.
• Describe how nurses collaborate with other professionals during each phase of the community disaster plan.
• Provide responses to your interview(s) with one or more first responders about whether they think the community is prepared for a disaster
and why.
Include your teaching tool in your PowerPoint.
Include at least 3 scholarly sources and an APA-formatted references page.

Part 2: Clinical Activities: Disaster Planning, Preparedness, and Response (12 Direct Care Hours)
Assess your patient population’s (individual, family, or group) knowledge of disaster planning, preparedness, and response. Ask the following
questions:
• What is your emergency plan for a natural disaster (e.g., fire, flood, earthquake, volcano eruption) or an active shooter in your
neighborhood?
o Do you have an emergency kit or go bag?
o Do you have a plan for your pets? If yes, what is the plan?
o How will you communicate with family members? Have you determined a place to meet if you get separated? If so, where?
Practice the evacuation plan with your patient population in the home or community agency as appropriate.
Help your patient population develop a disaster go bag. If they already have a go bag, examine it for out-of-date items and determine if there is a
need for additional items. In addition to the items listed in the introduction, if the patient/group has a pet, be sure to instruct them to include items
to care for their pet(s).
Check out Ready.gov to help you and your patient/group build a disaster preparedness kit/go bag.
Evaluate the patient population’s preparedness for disaster planning and response. Ask the individual, family, or group the following questions at
a minimum:
• What items will you include in a go bag?
• Where will you meet your family members if you are separated?
• Have you planned for your pet’s evacuation?
Write a 350-word summary of your interaction with your patient/group about disaster planning. As you write your summary, be sure to reflect on
the clinical objectives for the week and discuss how you met the objective(s).

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Note: The time spent writing this summary cannot be included in the calculation/achievement of your direct care hours.

Direct Care Clinical Hours

Record your clinical hours in Typhon.
Clinical hours should be logged as they are completed each day.
A minimum of 45 preceptor-validated direct care hours are required to meet the course objectives.

Clinical Documentation
Submit the following required documentation in Typhon:
• Final time log (cumulative time log signed by agency)
• Preceptor Meetings Summary (cumulative summary of all preceptor meetings)
• Student Evaluation of Preceptor and Agency
• Preceptor Evaluation of Student
Incomplete clinical hours, failure to meet course objectives, or incomplete clinical documentation will result in failing the course.

Typhon User Guide

Reference the user guide for Typhon to ensure you are submitting documents and time logs appropriately. The user guide can be found in Typhon
(Program Documents/Templates) and on the Nursing Student Resources page.
Note: The time spent writing this summary cannot be included in the calculation/achievement of your direct care hours.

Resources
• Center for Writing Excellence
• Reference and Citation Generator
• Grammar Assistance

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Competency 3 Assessment Rubric

Assignment/Performance Mastery Meets Expectations Not Met
Criteria 100% 85% 0%
1. Part 1: PowerPoint Provided a comprehensive Provided an adequate summary of Did not provided a summary of any
presentation summary of all required most of the required elements, which of the required elements, which
Weight: 30% elements, which included the included the nurse’s roles in each included the nurse’s roles in each
nurse’s roles in each phase of phase of the community emergency phase of the community disaster
the community emergency management plan (prevention, plan (prevention, preparedness and
management plan (prevention, preparedness and planning, planning, response, recovery);
preparedness and planning, response, recovery); interprofessional roles during each
response, recovery); interprofessional roles during each phase of the emergency
interprofessional roles during phase of the emergency management plan; the results of an
each phase of the emergency management plan; the results of an interview with 1 or more first
management plan; the results of interview with 1 or more first responders about whether they think
an interview with 1 or more first responders about whether they think the community is prepared for a
responders about whether they the community is prepared for a disaster and why
think the community is prepared disaster and why
for a disaster and why
2. Part 1: Teaching tool Provided a comprehensive Provided an adequate teaching tool Did not provide a teaching tool
Weight: 20% teaching tool that included the that included the following elements:
following elements: how to plan how to plan an emergency kit or go
an emergency kit or go bag; how bag; how to practice an evacuation
to practice an evacuation plan; plan; how members of a family or
how members of a family or household should communicate with
household should communicate each other; how to respond to
with each other; how to respond natural disasters, such as a fire,
to natural disasters, such as a flood, or earthquake; and how to
fire, flood, or earthquake; and respond in a mass casualty
how to respond in a mass situation, such as a major car
casualty situation, such as a accident or active shooter incident
major car accident or active
shooter incident
3. Part 2: Evaluation of the Fully evaluated the patient Partially evaluated the patient Did not evaluate the patient
patient population’s population’s preparedness for population’s preparedness for population’s preparedness for
preparedness for disaster disaster planning and response, disaster planning and response, disaster planning and response
planning and response which included interactions with which included interactions with the

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Assignment/Performance Mastery Meets Expectations Not Met

Criteria 100% 85% 0%
Weight: 25% the patient population around patient population around disaster
disaster planning planning
4. Part 2: Reflection Provided a reflection on meeting Provided a reflection on meeting the Did not provide a reflection on
Weight: 20% the week’s objectives that was week’s objectives that was mostly meeting the week’s objectives
completely appropriate; provided appropriate; provided adequate
full support showing how they support showing how they fully met
fully met the objectives the objectives
5. Part 1: PowerPoint Completely met formatting Partially met formatting requirements Did not meet the formatting
presentation formatting requirements requirements
Weight: 3%
6. Part 2: Summary Completely met formatting Partially met formatting Did not meet formatting
formatting requirements; the summary was requirements; the summary did not requirements; did not meet the 350-
350 words and conformed to meet the 250-word requirement or word requirement; no obvious
Weight: 2%
APA guidelines; very few if any only partially conformed to APA attempt to format according to APA
spelling or grammatical errors guidelines; more than a few spelling guidelines; poor spelling and
and grammatical errors grammar

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