Author name: Evans Mutinda

Using the decision instrument in Annex 2 (Blazes text – Chapter 2), create a scenario using one of the listed infections on the chart or the COVID-19 pandemic.  Describe the process used in the algorithm for determining the threat of the infection as a public health emergency with the potential for international spread. You may use one

Select a bacterium, which shows antibiotic resistance in your hospital or your preceptor site or one you have found in the literature.  Take on the personality of the bacterium and write your discussion from the perspective of the bacterium to give the historical trend of your life.  Include the following in your post: When did

Conduct a risk assessment (using the Infection Control Risk Assessment Excel document provided in this module) in the precepted setting or your unit. Adapt the risk assessment by choosing the items on the document applicable to your area of practice. Post the risk assessment worksheet as an attachment in the Discussion Forum for discussion of the following:

Discuss the value of a specific electronic surveillance system of your choice from the perspective of real-time data surveillance and interoperability with the NHSN for reporting.  How do you think John Snow would have appreciated a geographical (geospatial) information system (GIS) in the 1854 cholera outbreak in London? (Consult the Blazes text for information on the

From the page,  National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) Case Definitions select one of the diseases listed.  Develop a case scenario describing a confirmed case of the disease you selected. Focus on your area of nursing practice in creating the case scenario and include details of the disease you have chosen and the process of confirming the case.

Instructions Respond to one question to match your area of nursing practice Evaluate the effectiveness of your state’s systematic surveillance data based upon the state’s quality report card or Healthcare-associate infections (HAIs) reported to your state department of health. In your evaluation include the criteria and purpose of the report as described in your readings.  (a) How will this