Infectious Disease Epidemiology PDF

INFECTIOUS DISEASE EPIDEMIOLOGY NURS 1116  OBJECTIVES 1. DEFINE KEY TERMS RELATED TO EPIDEMIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2. UNDERSTAND THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION. 3. IDENTIFY COMMON INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND THEIR EPIDEMIOLOGIC...

INFECTIOUS DISEASE EPIDEMIOLOGY NURS 1116  OBJECTIVES 1. DEFINE KEY TERMS RELATED TO EPIDEMIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2. UNDERSTAND THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION. 3. IDENTIFY COMMON INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND THEIR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS. 4. DISCUSS THE ROLE OF NURSING IN THE PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES.  KEY TERMS: REVIEW INCIDENCE AND PREVALENCE. MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY. ENDEMIC, EPIDEMIC, AND PANDEMIC.  EPIDEMIOLOGICAL TRIAD HOST AGENT ENVIRONMENT.  APPLICATION OF THE TRIAD INTERVENTION STRATEGIES: HOST: IMPROVE VACCINATION AND HEALTH EDUCATION. AGENT: DEVELOP NEW TREATMENTS OR VACCINES. ENVIRONMENT: ENHANCE SANITATION AND ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE.  TRANSMISSION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES 1. MODES OF TRANSMISSION DIRECT VS. INDIRECT TRANSMISSION.  TRANSMISSION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES FACTORS INFLUENCING TRANSMISSION - HOST FACTORS (E.G., AGE, IMMUNITY). - AGENT FACTORS (E.G., VIRULENCE, INFECTIVITY). - ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS (E.G., SANITATION, CLIMATE).  COMMON INFECTIOUS DISEASES BACTERIAL VIRAL FUNGAL, AND PARASITIC INFECTIONS. EXAMPLES: INFLUENZA, TUBERCULOSIS, HIV/AIDS, MALARIA, AND HEPATITIS.  COVID-19 KEY TRANSMISSION DYNAMICS PERSON-TO-PERSON TRANSMISSION ASYMPTOMATIC SPREAD SUPER SPREADER EVENTS VARIANT EMERGENCE  INFLUENZA KEY FACTORS IN THE TRANSMISSION DYNAMICS OF INFLUENZA AIRBORNE TRANSMISSION VIRAL MUTATION SEASONALITY  EPIDEMIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS INCIDENCE AND PREVALENCE RATES. RISK FACTORS AND VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. GLOBAL AND LOCAL TRENDS.  PREVENTION AND CONTROL MEASURES VACCINATION. SCREENING AND EARLY DETECTION. PUBLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES (E.G., EDUCATION, SANITATION).  ROLE OF NURSING IN INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL NURSING RESPONSIBILITIES PATIENT EDUCATION ON INFECTION PREVENTION. IMPLEMENTING AND ADHERING TO INFECTION CONTROL PROTOCOLS (E.G., HAND HYGIENE, PPE).  ROLE OF NURSING IN INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL SURVEILLANCE AND REPORTING IMPORTANCE OF REPORTING CASES TO PUBLIC HEALTH AUTHORITIES. ROLE IN OUTBREAK INVESTIGATION AND RESPONSE.  ROLE OF NURSING IN INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT - ADVOCATING FOR VACCINATION AND PUBLIC HEALTH RESOURCES. - COLLABORATING WITH MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAMS.  INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND THEIR IMPACT ON NURSING PRACTICE INFECTION CONTROL PRACTICES PATIENT EDUCATION PUBLIC HEALTH ADVOCACY SURVEILLANCE AND REPORTING EMOTIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT ADAPTABILITY AND CONTINUOUS LEARNING MULTIDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION  ACTIVITY WORKING IN GROUPS READ THE CASE STUDY CAREFULLY AND ANSWER THE DISCUSSION QUESTIONS THAT FOLLOW- (SEE SEPARATE HANDOUT)