SU NSG4074 Week 2 Discussion latest 2021 March

NSG4074 Health Promotion and Clinical Prevention

Week 2 Discussion

Epidemiology's Role in Infectious and Communicable Diseases

Topic 1: Disease Outbreak

Select an infectious disease and research the CDC website for information about the disease including:

its natural history,

presenting symptoms, and

outbreak characteristics

Identify an occurrence of the disease by searching the Internet for recent reports of this disease and compare that episode or occurrence with information from the CDC website.

How closely did that outbreak resemble the case definition?

Topic 2: Epidemiological Applications

Describe how the concept of multifactorial etiology relates to the natural history of disease and the different levels of prevention.

How should the nurse incorporate these concepts into health promotion of clients in community settings?

How should the nurse approach client risk in these health promotion activities?