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Go to the Joint Commission website – Sentinel Events or another infectious disease website and review/research a recent sentinel event that resulted in a HAI caused by an epidemiologically significant organism. Using the Epidemiological Triangle, discuss the characteristics of the organism including infection control measures.   Go to the Joint Commission website – Sentinel Events […]

For the foodborne illness discussed in Question 1, find a country with outbreaks of foodborne illness and compare incidence rates’ similarities and differences with US outbreaks.  Account for the similarities and differences of foodborne illness supported by current literature.   For the foodborne illness discussed in Question 1, find a country with outbreaks of foodborne

Choose a foodborne disease and describe the infectious agent, incubation period, clinical syndrome, pathophysiology, characteristic foods, what testing needs to be done (i.e. what specimens need to be collected for which laboratory tests) and the antimicrobials used for treatment.     Choose a foodborne disease and describe the infectious agent, incubation period, clinical syndrome, pathophysiology,

Define colonization, infection, and contamination related to an infectious disease of your choice.  Outline a treatment plan for three patients associated with the three categories defined.  What information would you include to teach the patients on best practices to prevent spread?     Define colonization, infection,  and contamination related to an infectious disease of your

Choose an infectious disease of public health concern that is notifiable at the national level in the U.S. Discuss specifics about the clinical and microbiologic classification of the infectious disease. Provide detailed information about the epidemiological characteristics of the infectious disease to include: how the infection is transmitted utilizing the Chain of Infection model, and how to

Determine how Leininger’s theoretical model can be used to construct plans of care for individuals, families, and populations of various socio-economic and cultural backgrounds.  Discuss how you will use this model in your specialty area of practice to improve quality of patient care, access to care, and/or nursing practice in general at your workplace.  

You are tasked with presenting one of the theories from this weeks’ reading to a group of nursing students. The purpose of the discourse is to provide the students with a framework they can use to modify patient discharge teaching. Provide some background on the theorist as well as applicable components.   You are tasked