Disaster Health and Sheltering Course for Nursing Students
The Disaster Health and Sheltering course is a two-part awareness level course designed to engage nursing students in health volunteerism during disaster operations. The course is hosted on the website of Disaster Resistant Communities Group (DRCG) in Tallahassee, Florida. Part I can be completed as an independent study or taught face-to-face in a classroom. It consists of an historical American Red Cross video and a narrated PowerPoint presentation accessed through http://www.DisasterHealthandSheltering.org. At the completion of the self-study version, students access a link to a 10-question post-test which they print out and present to their nursing faculty as evidence that they completed Part I.
In Part II, students interactively apply Part I knowledge by participating in a shelter-specific tabletop exercise complete with case studies. The customized tabletop exercise was created by Mr. Chris Floyd, Exercise Designer and CEO of DRCG, in coordination with an internal steering group of Red Cross nurses. The Part II classroom exercise is led by a nursing faculty who partners with Red Cross nurses from a local Chapter.
After completing the 4-hour course, (two at home, two in the classroom) students re-enter the website and complete a “hotwash” or course evaluation, then are directed to a link to print out the course completion certificate. Students are then eligible for the American Red Cross Student Nurse Pin and are encouraged to join their local chapter.
Since the inception of the course, almost 13,000 student nurses have been trained.
Course Authors
Dr. Janice Springer
Janice.springer@redcross.org
Dr. Cheryl Schmidt
Cheryl.k.schmidt@asu.edu
Submitted by: Cheryl K. Schmidt, PhD, RN, CNE, ANEF, FAAN & Janice Springer DNP RN PHN
Hi! I am trying to sign up for that class. Is there a way you can post an active link? the one via the ARC does not work. I am trying to get my students in on this class
I recently became a RED Cross volunteer nurse and took this class and participated in the exercise. I highly recommend it.
Thank you so much for your comment. So glad that you could endorse the class!