NURS FPX 4055 Assessment 3

NURS FPX 4055 Assessment 3 Disaster Recovery Plan Student Name Capella University NURS-FPX 4055 A3 Instructor’s Name Submission Date   Disaster Recovery Plan The Red Oaks Medical Centre senior nurse will be the leader of the disaster recovery plan with Tall Oaks to alleviate health inequities and ensure equitable access to care. MAP-IT will help mobilise community partners, needs assessment and design of interventions, and action and tracking of recovery of the plan. Trace-Mapping will be used to identify vulnerable residents, as well as displaced, homeless, disabled, migrant and hearing-impaired residents and limited English proficient (LEP) residents and track them during the recovery. Resilient communication between the residents, the Health Care organizations, City officials and the Disaster relief agencies will be guaranteed with the help of the CERC framework and timely and accurate communication, empathy and accessibility (CDC, 2024). Cultural sensitivity and interprofessional collaboration, fair resource distribution, and continual evaluation will be values that support enhanced recovery of Tall Oaks. Scenario A devastating flood hit Tall Oaks, PA, impacting homes, infrastructure, health care, schools and businesses. Over 60 per cent of residential neighbourhoods were hit, such as the worst hit Cedar Heights in Pine Ridge and Willow Creek. The Red Oaks Medical Centre was unable to access the road, the water treatment plant was impacted, and over 2000 students (Capella University, 2024) even went to closed schools. The disaster revealed the problems of preparedness, evacuation, communication, health system capacity and coordination and emergency teams set up shelters; rescue efforts and relief were assisted. Responsibilities as an older nurse will force me to offer a recovery strategy to the city and disaster relief participants with the help of the MAP-IT, trace-mapping, and CERC tools. Determinants of Health in Tall Oaks Disaster recovery includes income, poverty, education, insurance, disability, housing, transportation and healthcare in Tall Oaks. The population of the community, according to Capella University (2024), is 50,000, 28.2% of whom live in poverty, and the median income of a family in the neighbourhood is 44444. 82.5% of adults have a high school or equivalent level of education; 22.5% of adults have a bachelor’s degree or higher; 9.9% of people under age 65 in the area are uninsured, and 13.7% of the community’s residents have a disability (Capella University, 2024). These situations can make it more challenging to get to evacuations, access medical care, replace medications and receive emergency communications. The recovery strategies need to focus on increasing health, transport, housing and communication services, accordingly. Cultural, Social, and Economic Barriers Tall Oaks is a culturally diverse community with culturally sensitive and available disaster communication needs. The neighbourhoods are racially comprised of 49% White, 36% Black, 10% Hispanic, two or more races, and other race (Capella University, 2024). Persons with limited access to information, the elderly or persons with disabilities and transitional housing persons may have less access to shelters and information about healthcare and emergency services. The other impact of the destruction of the community centre was the fact that one of the numerous social networks within the community was destroyed. That implies that recovery needs to be culturally appropriate, allowing communication and community engagement that will build trust and fair participation. The recovery delay can also be based on economic resources since the housing, transport, food, health and replacement resources might not be available. Capella University (2024) states that the median household income in Tall Oaks is 44,444, the per capita income is 24,094, and the poverty rate is 28.2. The income loss among households will be supplemented with the loss of income of businesses and the Farmers Market due to the flooding. The Willow Creek and Pine Ridge areas were especially impacted by the flood, resulting in increased demand for housing, food, medications, transportation and financial resources (Wilson et al., 2021). These types of services will help rebuild the community efficiently and will be the focus of effort before and during the disaster when the vulnerable members of the community are in need. Relationships between These Factors Factors that affect Tall Oaks’ health are interdependent, and one negative can impact another. Poverty constraints include poor housing, transportation, insurance and health care access, and lower education could impact health literacy and knowledge of instructions during emergencies. The ability to evacuate and access are even further restricted by disability, social isolation, cultural differences, and language barriers (Gero et al., 2025). The lack of means of transportation, having a disabling condition, and not speaking English might pose a challenge to a low-income household in thinking of receiving warnings, seeking shelter, retrieving medications, and follow-up care, for example. These vulnerabilities were exacerbated by the effects of the flood on roads, clinics, homes and schools, as well as the impacts of the flood on businesses (Capella University, 2024). All are interconnected and will require accommodating communications, transportation, health and medical care, housing and coordinated community support in the recovery program. Role of Disaster Recovery Plan in Reducing Health Disparities I serve as the senior nurse at Red Oaks Medical Centre and will lead the development of the medical centre recovery plan that will prioritise the care and provision of services to the residents who are the most likely to have the greatest challenge. Although Tall Oaks’ poverty rate is at 28.2%, there are 13.7% of adults of working age who are disabled and 9.9% of residents with no health care coverage (Capella University, 2024). Such inequities can be mitigated in mobile health clinics, neighbourhood sticking points, transportation, medication replacement and convenient shelters. MAP-IT will be utilised as a pathway to guide the mobilisation, assessment, planning, implementation and tracking in recovery. Such measures will empower the City officials or disaster relief organisations to decide where to target resources to residents and/or neighbourhoods. The recovery plan must be socially just and culturally sensitive; i.e., resources must be allocated as needed, and one should not make an effort to distribute resources equally without taking into consideration the disadvantages. The elderly and low-income residents of Willow Creek and