A6: disaster planning: Local long term care facility

The nurse is assigned to develop a nursing protocol regarding patient care to be included in the disaster plan coordinating agreement between the LTCF and the health department. The health department team will work with representatives from the LTCF nursing department. Use the following template to develop this policy/protocol:

· Designated authority.

· Describe the problem. List the proposed nursing diagnosis.

· Background: Introduce the business case for why developing this protocol is necessary. Provide the data and information to support the protocol.

· Identify other persons needed to serve on this team from both the LTCF and health department.

· Generate a list of what information about the nursing care facility is needed to develop this plan and delineate assignments to the appropriate persons.

· Objectives: Delineate one to three objectives for this plan. Make sure the objectives are in behavioral terms, are measurable and realistic.  Include timeframes.

· Proposed Interventions: Develop a comprehensive list of action steps for both the LTCF and the health department to be included in this plan.

· Expected Benefits: Describe the expected benefits and outcome of the interventions taken.

· Audit and evaluation: Describe how the outcomes will be evaluated. Propose what and how pertinent audit findings will be used to evaluate the success of the plan. Describe how ongoing monitoring and review of the strategies will be done.