Who We Are
Covid19 Pandemic Nursing Disaster Response
Disaster nursing can be defined as ''an adaptation of professional nursing skills in recognizing and meeting the nursing physical and emotional needs resulting from the disaster. Disaster skills - triage assessment, consent/IM injection, post-vaccine observation. *ONLY nursing students and registered nurses are accepted in this project for YR 2021.
Tasks: Triage, consent/teaching, vaccine injection (skill check), post-vaccination observation & nursing support to nursing staff
Shift: 4 or 8 hours from 8 - 5 pm (Need to arrive 30 minutes prior to the shift) *if you see the clinical is busy - consider to stay and help - there will be a place to enter those hours at the end of the month.
Objectives:
To increase UTRGV Nursing students’ awareness, empathy, and understanding of the vulnerable populations during a disaster within the context of the social determinants of health in meeting the needs of individuals, families, communities, and aggregates throughout the lifespan served by the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV), School of Nursing.
o To foster advocacy and a sense of social justice in UTRGV Nursing students and create collaborative interdisciplinary team work by coordinating and delivering nursing care regarding their perception of social and health needs.
o To promote community partnerships among local residents, social and health agencies and small businesses using community involvement to serve the vulnerable population by using communication, leadership, and culturally competent skills.
o To provide an opportunity for UTRGV Nursing students to deliver nursing skills based from the public health/community competencies.
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What We Do
Tasks: Triage, consent/teaching, vaccine injection (skill check), post-vaccination observation & nursing support to nursing staff
Shift: 4 or 8 hours from 8 - 5 pm (Need to arrive 30 minutes prior to the shift) *if you see the clinical is busy - consider to stay and help - there will be a place to enter those hours at the end of the month.
Location: UTRGV School of Medicine, campus Edinburg or UTRGV Clinical Education Building, campus Harlingen.
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