An emergency department (ED) charge nurse prepares to receive clients from a mass casualty within the community.What is the role of this nurse during the event?
A) Ask ED staff to discharge clients from the medical-surgical units in order to make room for critically injured victims.
B) Call additional medical-surgical and critical care nursing staff to come to the hospital to assist when victims are brought in.
C) Inform the incident commander at the mass casualty scene about how many victims may be handled by the ED.
D) Direct medical-surgical and critical care nurses to assist with clients currently in the ED while emergency staff prepare to receive the mass casualty victims.
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