| dc.contributor.author | Walter, Melissa Beth | |
| dc.description.abstract | This study examined the disaster preparedness plans within selected rural North
Dakota hospitals. The ultimate goal was to explore rural North Dakota hospitals' disaster
preparedness plans, gathering information that would provide answers to some key
disaster preparedness questions. This study looked at the steps these hospitals have taken,
but also what they have planned for in terms of surge capacity, plan activation, and
implementation of the disaster plan and training that goes along with it. Several themes
emerged from the data that brought new light to the research. These themes included
reviewing and revising the disaster preparedness plans, memoranda of understanding,
disaster preparedness plan activation, all-hazards planning, training and exercising the
disaster preparedness plan, liability and insurance, community representation, and surge
capacity. Specific thoughts about rural hospital disaster preparedness versus urban
hospital disaster preparedness were also discussed. The significance of the study and
suggestions for future research were also presented. | en_US |
| dc.publisher | North Dakota State University | en_US |
| dc.rights | NDSU policy 190.6.2 | en_US |
| dc.title | Are Rural North Dakota Hospitals Prepared for a Disaster? An Exploratory Study | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-05-10T15:36:00Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-05-10T15:36:00Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2009 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10365/33822 | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Emergency management -- North Dakota -- Planning. | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Rural hospitals -- North Dakota. | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Emergency management. | en_US |
| dc.rights.uri | https://www.ndsu.edu/fileadmin/policy/190.pdf | en_US |
| ndsu.degree | Master of Science (MS) | en_US |
| ndsu.college | Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences | en_US |
| ndsu.department | Sociology and Anthropology | en_US |
| ndsu.program | Emergency Management | en_US |
| ndsu.advisor | Kienow, Daniel | |
