Medical Needs Shelters:Training Update for Kentucky Nurses

The Kentucky Department for Public Health Medical Needs Shelter (MNS) Training course is designed to clinical training information for local health department (LHD) nurses who are identified to provide nursing care in a local community MNS setting. The purpose of a MNS is to provide adequate, short term, supportive medical care during a natural or technological disaster when a person is displaced from their home or specialized facility and cannot be accommodated at a general population shelter due to their medical needs. This training course provides a “refresher” review of the policies and procedures for nursing skills that are not practiced on a routine basis in the local health department but may be provided in a MNS.