NR 503 Week 5 Assignment: Infectious Disease Paper
NR 503 Week 5 Assignment: Infectious Disease Paper
Purpose: Infectious disease occurs worldwide and must be addressed just as chronic disease is approached. This assignment will offer the opportunity to explore the various communicable diseases, the epidemiological background data, as well as, the implications of these infections.
Requirements: Criteria for Content Apply the concepts of epidemiology to a communicable disease.Choose one communicable disease from the following list:
Chickenpox
Tuberculosis
Influenza
Mononucleosis
Hepatitis B
HIV
Chlamydia
Gonorrhea
Syphillis
Measles
Pertussis
Include the following in your assignment:
Description of the communicable disease (causes, symptoms, mode of transmission, complications, treatment) and the demographic of interest (mortality, morbidity, incidence, and prevalence).
Describe the determinants of health and explain how those factors contribute to the development of this disease.
Discuss the host factors, agent factors (presence or absence), and environmental factors.
Explain the role of the community health FNP (case finding, reporting, data collecting, data analysis, and follow-up).
A minimum of three (3) scholarly literature references is required.