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Nurses and disasters : global, historical case studies
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This timely volume describes and analyzes the collaborative nursing response to a variety of historic and recent global disasters that occurred between 1908 and 2012, including Hurricane Sandy. The...
This timely volume describes and analyzes the collaborative nursing response to a variety of historic and recent global disasters that occurred between 1908 and 2012, including Hurricane Sandy. The book is unique in its discussion of the trans-national character of disaster response regarding the mobilization of individuals across national borders and continents. It examines how these transnational partnerships developed, their implications for policy, and how we can use lessons learned to improve care in the future. The book addresses such questions as: How did local, regional, and national c
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- Creator
- Arlene W. Keeling, PhD, RN, FAAN, Barbra Mann Wall, PhD, RN, FAAN, editors
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- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- 1st ed
- New York, New York : Springer Publishing Company, 2015
- ©2015
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (333 p.)
- ISBNs
- 9780826126726, 9780826126733, 0826126731, 0826126723, 9781786840585, 1786840588
- OCLC
- ocn904424095, ocn911046656
- Includes index.
- English
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Structure of the Book; Prelude; Chapter 1: Typhoid Fever Epidemic, 1885 to 1887, Tasmania, Australia; Chapter 2: The 1908 Italian Earthquake; Chapter 3: The 1913 Flood in Ohio (USA); Chapter 4: The Alaskan Influenza Epidemic, 1918 to 1919; Chapter 5: The Bombing Blitz of London and Manchester, England, 1940 to 1944; Chapter 6: The Bombing of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, December 7, 1941; Chapter 7: The Nuclear Catastrophe in Hiroshima, Japan, August 1945; Chapter 8: The Bar Harbor Fire of 1947, Bar Harbor, Maine (USA)
- Chapter 9: The SARS Pandemic in Toronto, Canada, 2003Chapter 10: Hurricane Sandy, October 2012, New York City (USA); Conclusion; Notes; Prelude; Notes; Share Nurses and Disasters: Global, Historical Case Studies; Chapter 1: Typhoid Fever Epidemic, 1885 to 1887, Tasmania, Australia; Typhoid in Tasmania; The Importance of Nursing Care; Ensuring Safety; Dual Crises of Typhoid and Dysfunctional Relationships; Nursing Administration at HGH Before the Epidemic; A Crisis in Internal Management Just Prior to the Epidemic; A Toxic Climate Continues During the Epidemic
- Collaboration and Criticism During the EpidemicService in the Face of Risk; Acknowledging Nurses' Service in the Epidemic; Conflict Persists; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 2: The 1908 Italian Earthquake; The Earthquake's Scenario; First Rescuers; Italian Government and Military Responses; Response of the Italian Red Cross and Volunteer Organizations; International AID; Alice Fitzgerald's Experience; American Collaboration; Conflict; Conclusion; Acknowledgment; Notes; Chapter 3: The 1913 Flood in Ohio (USA); The Ohio Flood in Dayton
- Background: Strengthening the American Red Cross Capacity for Disaster ResponseThe Military in Disaster Response; Dayton's Civic Leaders: Support and Collaboration; First Response from Cincinnati and Its Nurses: Emergent Behavior; Red Cross Nurse Deployments from Cincinnati to Dayton and Hamilton; Red Cross Nurses' Response in Dayton; American Red Cross and Charity: the Family as "The Unit to Be Served"; African American Families in Dayton; Mitigation of Future Floods; When Should the Nurses Depart?; Red Cross Nurses in Flood Response; Conclusion; Notes
- Chapter 4: The Alaskan Influenza Epidemic, 1918 to 1919The Epidemic; A Collaborative Response; Quarantine Efforts for "Indian Flu" in Bristol Bay; Help Arrives; The Orphans; The Aftermath; Collaboration, Conflict, and Communication Problems; The Issue of Racism; Collaboration Between the Alaskan Red Cross and the Bureau of Indian Affairs Nurses; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 5: The Bombing Blitz of London and Manchester, England, 1940 to 1944; Gender Bias in Britain's Civil Defense; The Bombing Blitz; National Archives and Records Administration; The Nursing Response
- Shelter Life and Shelter Death: Cooperation for the Greater Good