Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Prevention Interventions: Haiti 2010 *Primary prevention nursing interventions:
Primary prevention and nursing interventions include: the workers and volunteers receiving available, necessary and appropriate shots prior to entering Haiti. For the Haitians, immunization would also be given. This is very important against, Hepatitis, and other rare, yet deadly diseases, such as measles, mumps, rubella, and pertussis. Education regarding: safe and proper sanitation practices; hand washing and personal hygiene; maintaining trash in designated areas; staying active by volunteering/assisting and caring for other fellow Haitian children and neighbors; clearing and cleaning out clutter and using available resources to cook and keep foods in safe places that are clean; dry and free from infestations of bugs; clearing out puddles of water that attract mosquitos; and assigning an adequate amount of people per shelter or tent in order to not overcrowd any particular living/sleeping quarters; and lastly educated patients on the first sign of diarrheal disease and to seek medical attention in order to contain the disease.
These prevention interventions would be started as early as the 1st phase, and throughout 5th phase. I would enroll the collaboration of the CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention), the Red Cross and FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency). *Secondary Prevention nursing Interventions:
Secondary prevention and nursing interventions include: performing screenings for hepatitis, TB, parasitic infections, gastrointestinal infections, upper and lower gastrointestinal bleeding, heart disease, high blood pressure and HIV, to people exhibiting signs and symptoms or risk factors of these diseases. This is done in order to properly treat illness, decrease the spread of infection and risk of an outbreak, worsening of