Nursing Contingency Planning Process

Contingency planning is a process that should begin as soon as there is an alert regarding an impending natural occurrence. It is important for Gillian to respond quickly to the signal and communicate with its partners early enough to effectively prepare to respond to the stormy situation safely and within the shortest time possible (Westergaard, 2012). Old preplanning can prevent or stop incidents from escalating. The hospital’s command system should be activated early enough to prevent small and preventable incidences from turning into massive emergency situations that can go out of control (Stahl, 2004). All these preparation events should come before the blizzard gets stronger. It means that the security lockdown among other preplanning

Every individual should be allocated tasks so as to reduce the preplanning time. The lesser time for preparation the better preparation it is for the storm. No individual in the hospital premises should be left out of the development plan. Failure to involve all the people within the hospital might be a weakness if the situation escalates and there is a need for more support. The development plan should also include partners from outside the premises. Because they could offer help in case the situation goes out of hand and cannot be controlled by the people within the buildings (Westergaard,

The contingency leadership team should conduct their policy and strictly rely on the aspect of patient care during the emergency. The development team should consider the delicate situation of patients and plan towards avoiding a situation of inconvenience to the nursing team and the patients in the facility. The leadership team will be evaluated based on their leadership approaches and the abilities of the members of their team (Westergaard, 2012). The relationship among the members of the leadership team determines their effectiveness as well as the trust of the nursing team. The manner in which the leadership team allocates its tasks determines their measure of maturity and their skills and methods to meet the requirement of patient care. The leadership team should involve all the stakeholders within the health care facility to ensure all the necessary demands of the contingency plan are in place. The contingency plan should also suit the operations as well as the objectives of nursing (Stahl, 2004). The involvement of all the personnel within and without the installation confirms that the leadership team and the plan can be trusted and is active to the benefit of the health care facility and patient care. The leadership team will also be evaluated based on their methods of operation. The methods of operation should be in agreement with the code of nursing and patient