Community Health
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Being prepared for emergencies is crucial at home, school, work and in your community. Disaster can strike quickly and without warning. It can force you to evacuate your neighborhood, workplace or school or can confine you to your home. What would you do if basic services – water, gas, electricity or telephones – were cut off? Local officials and relief workers will be on the scene after a disaster, but they cannot reach everyone right away. The best way to make you and your family safer is to be prepared before disaster strikes. Please click on the “Be Red Cross Ready” to take our online tutorial. We encourage you to:
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Preparing and getting trained. Follow these steps to volunteer with the American Red Cross:
- Look at the Guidebook for Student Nurse Involvement
- Locate Disaster Preparedness
- Contact your local Red Cross unit
- You can find the phone number by typing in your zip code in the zip code finder on this page . http://www.redcross.org/portal/site/en/menuitem.d8aaecf214c576bf971e4cfe43181aa0/?vgnextoid=46de1a53f1c37110VgnVCM1000003481a10aRCRD&vgnextfmt=default
- This will give you the phone number of the Red Cross office closest to where you live.
- Speak to the Volunteer Coordinator
- Set up a time to visit the Red Cross and discuss your interests
Take Part in the Disaster Committee NIMS Certification Challenge
The Disaster Preparedness Committee is challenging NSNA members to complete the National Incident Management System (NIMS) 100, 200, and 700a certifications. These certifications are free and can be found at: http://training.fema.gov/IS/NIMS.asp under NIMS Courses.
• Complete National Incident Management System (NIMS) Training/NIMS Courses:
http://training.fema.gov/IS/NIMS.asp and take the following:
o IS-100.HC Introduction to the Incident Command Center (ICS) for Healthcare/Hospitals
o IS-200.HC Applying ICS to Healthcare Organizations
o IS-700a National Incident management System (NIMS) An
Bring your certificates of completion for thesethree courses (above) to NSNA® Registration at the 2010 AnnualConvention and receive your NIMS Certified ribbon.
Additional optional NIMS courses:
o IS-100.SCa Introduction to ICS for Schools
o IS-100.HE Introduction to ICS for Higher Education
Check out the National Student Nurses’ Association, Inc.
Guidelines for establishing and implementing: Disaster Preparedness, Recovery, and Relief Projects
http://www.nsna.org/Portals/0/Skins/NSNA/pdf/Disaster_Guidelines.pdf
2010 National Health Observances:
http://www.healthfinder.gov/nho/nhoyear.asp?year=2010
GOALS 2009-2010
- Implement the 2010 statewide Community Health Project
- Disaster Preparedness- Get involved in the Be Red Cross Ready Campaign.
- Encourage all CNSA Members to complete the National Incident Management System (NIMS) 100, 200, 700a certifications, which is sponsored by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) http://training.fema.gov/IS/NIMS.asp
- Bring your certificates of completion for these three courses (above) to NSNA® Registration at the 2010 Annual Convention and receive your NIMS Certified ribbon.
- Update the CNSA Community Health website page
- CNSA Community Page has been recently updated~ http://www.cnsa.org/resources/cnsa-state-community-health-project/
- Check out the Community Health Forum-Please comment and tell me what your chapter is doing in your school and community or even ask questions to me or your fellow members about how to get involved in community service activities
- Promote the NSNA Community Health Award
- Chapter Submission is due to National by March 19, 2010. The chapter who wins this reward will receive a certificate and $100
- Support and assist chapters in their participation in the Community Health Project.
- Promote Community Health Fundraiser
- Let Your $Change Be The Change In The World
- Goal is to raise $1000.00 for a Haiti organization by October 2010
