title: Preparing for disaster: a way of developing community relationships.
abstract: Although disaster preparedness and mock disasters are common, the unique results that occur from the planning, implementation, and evaluation of a mock disaster are seldom mentioned. A school of nursing within a small, private university located in eastern Kentucky formed new partnerships with the community as a result of completing a practice drill. The drill served to form a working relationship between the university and the community, which had often viewed the university as isolated. A description of the mock disaster and benefits are presented.
authors.affiliation: Kentucky Christian University, School of Nursing, May's Lick, KY, USA. gailwise@kcu.edu
authors.forename: Gail Insko
authors.initials: GI
authors.lastname: Wise
mesh_terms: D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration; D019058:Community Networks / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003256:Community Participation / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003479:Curriculum; D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004190:Disasters; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007629:Kentucky; D020380:Needs Assessment / Q000458:organization & administration; D024802:Nurse's Role; D010934:Planning Techniques; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation / Q000379:methods; D012579:Schools, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration; D014495:Universities / Q000458:organization & administration*