In this assignment, we will discuss health promotion and disease prevention as it pertains to your scholarly project. Visit the South University Online library and retrieve two peer-reviewed articles pertaining to health indicators relating to health promotion and disease prevention. Identify a health indicator relevant to your project and provide a position statement on the […]
For this week’s discussion, review the American Nurses Association (ANA) Code of Ethics. Choose one position statement that either does or could relate to your scholarly project. Identify which ANA Position Statement you reviewed and provide a summary of the statement. Describe the principle(s) from the ANA Code of Ethics that was used to determine
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In this assignment, you will discuss your capstone project in detail. You also need to list at least three individual behavioral objectives (using verbs that can be measured) that are based on your overall objectives for this course as well as your population or problem of interest. (This assignment will seem similar to one from
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Reflect upon the following questions: How will you apply the knowledge obtained in this course? What concept will you best remember from this course? As a result of the knowledge gained from this course, how will your practice change? In the current event of the COVID-19 pandemic or any similar disease outbreak, what policies/protocol would
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For your discussion posting, present a post-discharge follow up for a client with the chosen disease or infection from a hospital and a public health perspective. Include how technology for example apps, telehealth etc. can be used in your follow up plan for the client. No two students can do the same communicable disease or infection,
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Select a communicable disease or infection from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website –Diseases and Conditions. For this discussion you will need to check the discussion board before posting so that the disease or infection that you choose has not already been chosen by someone else. Start a new thread with the name of
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Search the internet and/or the literature for a computerized data collection form or system that can be used for syndromic surveillance of the case below: On September 22, 2010, an Environmental Health Officer (EHO) from the local city council notified the Health Protection Unit that 11 children from a local swimming club were experiencing gastrointestinal
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Discuss at least two types of electronic databases available for collecting data based on what kind of data are collected and how useful the data is for surveillance of hospital infections or community acquired infections. Attach/upload a computerized data collection form that can be used for an outbreak infection that has emerged in the hospital
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Choose ONE of the following: Obtain your unit/hospital’s baseline surgical procedure infection rate. What does the numerator and the denominator mean? How is infection surveillance managed at your facility? What protocol does your facility have in place to prevent surgical site infections? In your peer responses: Compare your facility-specific rate and protocol with that of your
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Visit https://www.cdc.gov/labs/protecting-america.html. Compare and contrast the roles of the CDC laboratory, the hospital clinical microbiology laboratory, and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality in surveillance systems. Relate to the current pandemic of COVID-19. How do these surveillance activities integrate across health care settings (e. g. ambulatory, long-term care, acute care, etc.). How does your current
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