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46 78.0 Index 2.3.8 2.0 CPE Community Planning & Engagement Coordination 5.0 MVDE Management of Volunteers during Emergencies The ability to coordinate the identification, recruitment, registration, credential verification, training, and engagement of healthcare, medical, and support staff volunteers to support the jurisdiction’s response to incidents of health significance M179 Number of Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) members who are nurses or advanced practice nurses per 100,000 population in the state The Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) is a national system of local, community-based teams of volunteers—medical and public health professionals and others without health backgrounds—who are identified, credentialed, trained, and prepared in advance of an emergency. MRC-registered nurses are vital to providing emergency care for ill or injured people during a disaster or disease outbreak. MRC Medical Reserve Corps (MRC), MRC Units Database and Census Bureau data analyzed by PMO personnel. 2015—2018 The measure does not evaluate the quality of the MRC management and current status of nurses or advanced practice nurses who are licensed, credentialed, and received emergency response training.