As presented in this week’s readings, many individuals acquire infections in the community as well as during treatment in the hospital. As a nurse, it is important to know what is going on in the world. In addition to reading scholarly literature, reading the paper and watching the news helps to keep a nurse aware of what is going on currently. In addition, many organizations like the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) track current health trends and post updates on their websites, along with Fact Sheets to help educate, prevent, and treat new and re-emerging diseases. These Fact Sheets are made to be short and easy to read so that health care professionals and patients are more likely to read and understand the information.
For this Discussion, you will examine an emerging or re-emerging disease and the nurse’s role in prevention and management of the disease. Locate an article in a newspaper, in a lay magazine, or on an organizational website that discusses an emerging or re-emerging infectious disease that is currently affecting your community. Reflect on the article you selected and think about how the emerging or re-emerging disease might affect nursing practice.
Resources
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By Day 3
Respond to the following:
Briefly summarize the article you selected and provide the reference. Then, address the following:
- What implications does the disease have for nursing practice?
- How does the emergence of this disease affect your personal practice?
- Why do you think that this disease is emerging/re-emerging?
- What is the nurse’s role in preventing and managing the impact of infectious diseases both from the patient and nurse perspective?
Support your response with references from the professional nursing literature.
Note: Post a 3-paragraph (at least 350 words) response. Be sure to use evidenceLinks to an external site., in-text citationsLinks to an external site., and essay-levelLinks to an external site. writing skills, including the use of transitional materialLinks to an external site. and organizational framesLinks to an external site.. Use the writing resources and the Discussion Rubric to develop your post.
By Day 7
Read two or more of your colleagues’ postings from the Discussion question (support with evidence if indicated).
Respond with a comment that asks for clarification, provides support for, or contributes additional information to two or more of your colleagues’ postings.
Post a Discussion entry on three different days of the week. Refer to the Discussion Rubric.
Learning Resources
Required Readings
- Gonsalves, G., Staley, P. (2014). Panic, paranoia, and public health—The AIDS epidemic’s lessons for EbolaLinks to an external site.. New England Journal of Medicine, 371(25), 2348– 2349. http://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMp1413425
- Halm, M. A., & O’Connor, N. (2014). Do system-based interventions affect catheterassociated urinary tract infection?Links to an external site. American Journal of Critical Care, 23(6), 505-509. http://doi.org/10.4037/ajcc2014689
- National Institutes of Health. (2007). Understanding emerging and re-emerging infectious diseasesLinks to an external site.. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK20370/
- Petlin, A., Schallom, M., Prentice, D., Sona, C., Mantia, P., McMullen, K., & Landholt, C. (2014). Chlorhexidine gluconate bathing to reduce methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus acquisitionLinks to an external site.. Critical Care Nurse, 34(5), 17–26. http://doi.org/10.40377/ccn2014943
- Pokrywka, M., Feigel, J., Douglas, B., Grossberger, S., Hensler, A. & Weber, D. (2014). A bundle strategy including patient hand hygiene to decrease clostridium difficile infectionsLinks to an external site.. MedSurg Nursing, 23(3), 145-164.
- Smeulers, M., Lucas, C., & Vermeulen, H. (2014). Effectiveness of different nursing handover styles for ensuring continuity of information in hospitalised patientsLinks to an external site.. The Cochrane Database Of Systematic Reviews, (6), CD009979
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2021). Ebola (Ebola virus disease)Links to an external site.. http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/hcp/index.html?s_cid=cs_4318
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2019.). Zika virusLinks to an external site.. https://www.cdc.gov/zika/index.html
Required Media
- Walden University, LLC. (2009). Topics in clinical nursing: Emerging and re-emerging infections across the lifespan [Video]. Walden University Canvas. https://waldenu.instructure.comNote: The approximate length of this media piece is 9 minutes.
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