- Consider the current COVID-19 pandemic we are in. As a health care administrator, working in a skilled
nursing facility, you are responsible for disaster planning for your facility inclusive of operations, staff and
patients. You will need to write up a 3-page disaster plan. This disaster plan will consider; planning and
organizing around staffing, quality issues, safety, communication, and leadership.
a. Include in your disaster plan a literature review at the beginning of your document or provide
background about COVID-19. This is the “why” of your next step.
b. Include the process your disaster plan should take. i.e. Decision-making (centralized in a situation like
this?), creating committees, roles and tasks, Board involvement, etc.
c. Consider the flow of your plan. Do the steps you’ve designed make sense in terms of continuity and
connectedness. You may include a flow chart or PDCA cycle here. You can refer to Donabedian’s
Structure/Process/Outcome model here.
d. What type of messaging is required? Keeping staff and patients updated. How will you deliver your
messages?
e. What sources of information would you use to create your messaging (Must be credible sources)?
f. Utilize PDCA to evaluate your disaster plan.
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