American Sentinel BSN432 Module 4 Discussion Latest 2021 May

BSN432 Community Health Nursing

Module 4 Discussion

DQ1 Conduct an online visit of your state health department and review your local newspaper or online TV news station (most have an archive) to find an epidemiological event that occurred within the past year in your home county, city, state, or country. Examples might include food borne outbreaks, water contamination, or a disease outbreak. [Ok to use an event that occurred in a neighboring state/country if nothing had been reported in your location within the past year]. Include a description of the event, including the specific location and time period. Include specific information about the host; agent and environmental factors-Does the CDC require mandatory reporting for this event?  Include at least 2 relevant and scholarly references.

DQ2 Based on your initial bus ride through Sentinel City, identify one epidemiological event/issue that could potentially occur in this city. Provide a rationale for why you selected this event/issue and using the epidemiologic process described in Chapter 6, address the following questions: From whom and where in the city would you gather information? What types of data would you obtain to document the problem? What steps would you take to control or prevent this event/issue from impacting the entire city? Include at least 2 relevant and scholarly references.