...Community Health and PopulationFocused Nursing Task 2 Laurie Webster 000515728 January 3, 2016 Requirements: A. Analyze the selected communicable disease outbreak ( suggested length of 2–3 pages) by doing the following: Measles Measles are a highly contagious disease and the first documented case was in the 9th century. According to the History of Vaccine website measles were first discovered in the US in 1657 in Boston, Massachusetts. ( http://www.historyofvaccines.org/content/timelines/measles ). It is caused by the paramyxovirus family. This virus affects the mucous membranes then spreads to the rest of the body. Before vaccinations measles cause 2.6 million deaths. ( http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs286/en/ ) The spread of measles is highly contagious and is transmitted from one person to the next through coughing and sneezing. In 2014, there was an outbreak of measles in the US caused by travelers from the Philippines. Measles crosses the borders when one infected person travels over the border and transmits the disease. ( http://www.cdc.gov/measles/about/history.html ) Epidemiological Determinants Measles are highly contagious in the unvaccinated person and is spread through contact of nasal and throat secretions. This could be from coughing or sneezing, also through direct contact. The virus remains contagious for up to 2 hours on surfaces and in the air...
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...Application of Community Health & Population-Focused Nursing Western Governors University Introduction This paper is about an epidemic outbreak of tuberculosis in Haiti after January 2010’s 7.0-magnitude earthquake, which killed and injured about 600,000 people and left about 1.5 million displaced. This disease will be described; involved risk factors will be discussed. The following topics will also be discussed: how the outbreak could affect the community, reporting protocol if the outbreak were to occur. A plan on how to report about the outbreak to stakeholders in the community will also be discussed as well as strategies recommendation to prevent the outbreak in the community. A1. Description of disease Tuberculosis is a disease caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The bacteria usually attack the lungs, but TB bacteria can attack any part of the body such as the kidney, spine, and brain. If not treated properly, TB disease can be fatal curable and preventable. The symptoms may include bad cough that lasts 3 weeks or longer, chest pain, coughing up blood or sputum, weakness or fatigue, weight loss, no appetite, chills, fever and sweating at night (Population reference Bureau, 2010). A situation where there are more Tuberculosis cases than expected within a population during a particular period of time and there is evidence of recent cases is called a TB outbreak (CDC, 2012) * A.2 Epidemiological determinants If there is a health...
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...Measles Amy Gann Western Governor’s University RN-MSN Student ID# 000379988 In the United States we are very fortunate. For the most part we do not live in fear of disease outbreaks from day to day. Our government along with the Centers for Disease Control and Public Health Departments have managed to have adults and children vaccinated and set up recommendations regarding those vaccinations. Despite all that is done our country allows freedoms. One of these freedoms is to not vaccinate your child from communicable diseases due to personal beliefs. With the worlds populations becoming more mobile, that sets your child up for dangerous encounters; because some countries are not as strict on laws regarding vaccinations and some have none. Such was the case when in December 2014 when millions of people visited what was meant to be “The Happiest place in the world”, Disneyland and Disney Adventure Park and were potentially exposed to the Measles virus. “On January 5, 2015, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) was notified about a suspected measles case. The patient was a hospitalized, unvaccinated child, aged 11 years with rash onset on December 28. The only notable travel history during the exposure period was a visit to one of two adjacent Disney theme parks located in Orange County, California. On the same day, CDPH received reports of four additional suspected measles cases in California residents and two in Utah residents, all of whom reported visiting...
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...R.M Community Health Task 2 When caring for the terminally ill patient, one must examine their feeling in order to provide care. It is important for the nurse not to judge the patient or family for decisions made, only to support and advocate for the patient and family during this time. As a critical care nurse the author has participated in the care of numerous terminally ill and palliative care patients. Unfortunately every person that lives will eventually die and it is the responsibility of the nurse to help improve the quality of life for the patient and offer support to the family during this dying process. The nurse must respect and honor the patient. To improve the quality of life for Mrs. Thomas, education on disease process and end of life events is of the utmost importance. Hospice is a specialty offers support and services to the terminally ill (“What is hospice,”). Not only does hospice provide services, but also a wealth of education for the patient and family. Along with education, symptom management and spiritual support are also offered to improve Mrs. Thomas’s quality of life. Pain control and symptom management can also improve the quality of life in this case. After adequate education is received, Mrs. Thomas may not be as reluctant to receive pain medication. As pain relief is obtained, the patient may enjoy more of time with her husband and may even return to church for social interaction thus increasing her quality of life. The third...
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...Communicable Disease Outbreak (Measles) Community Health Task 2 Western Governors University Carissa J Dugan Student ID: 000468111 August 20, 2015 Measles was discovered in the 19th century by a Persian Doctor, but was not recognized until 1957 as an infectious agent in human blood by a Scottish physician. In 1912 measles became a notifiable disease and in the first decade that records were kept there was on average 6,000 deaths per year reported from the disease. (Center For Disease Control). There is no definite origination of measles but scientists believe that it dates back to the Roman Empire about the 11th and 12th century (NCBI, 2010). The first outbreak known in America was in 1657 in Boston, Massachusetts. The disease spread quickly through the town and eventually believed to be the source of further infections nationwide. (The History Of Vaccines). A decade prior to a vaccine being developed it was estimated that all children would get the disease by the age of 15 (Center For Disease Control). It was not until 1964 a vaccine was developed to help eradicate the disease. John F. Enders and Dr. Thomas C. Peebles is credited with creating the vaccine, he was able to collect blood samples from the infected in Boston and was successful in isolating the measles virus in an infected 13 year old boy named David Edmundson. (Center For Disease Control). However it was not until 1968 that the vaccine was ready for use and distributed (Center...
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...COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT TASK 2 Measles is a virus that is spread by droplets through coughing and sneezing or by contact on surfaces. People infected with measles are contagious up to four days before and after the measles rash appears. Measles is highly contagious, 9 out of 10 people that come in contact with the measles virus will contract it. The highly contagious nature of measles makes widespread infection a very real threat to those who are not vaccinated (Transmission of Measles, 2014). Measles is fatal in about one case in 1,000. As with chickenpox, once an individual has had the measles, they have lifelong immunity (Facts About the Measles Outbreak, 2015). Signs and symptoms of measles include cough, runny nose, conjunctivitis and a high fever. Koplik spots in the mouth appear two to three days after the first symptoms and the measles rash appears three to five days after the first symptoms. The fever may spike with the appearance of the rash. Symptoms will then begin to subside and the rash will slowly disappear (Signs and Symptoms, 2015). A measles outbreak occurred in California between December 2014 and February 2015. The first patient was reported to be an unvaccinated 11-year-old who had recently visited Disney in Orange County, California. Several more cases were reported in California and in Utah. The common factor between these patients was the visit to Disney between December 17th and 20th. Between December 2014 and February 2015 there...
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...Holistic Family Care plan for Terminal Cancer Diagnosis Tonya Y. Chadi Western Governors University Holistic Family Care plan for Terminal Cancer Diagnosis A. Personal Perceptions This author’s personal perceptions concerning patients facing a lingering terminal illness, have been shaped by over 20 years of critical care nursing experience. Facing death and illness on a daily basis requires self-examination and a high degree of comfort with one’s own mortality, limits and values. Constant exposure to the fragility of life forces respect for the whole person and the people who love them. A general approach to patients who are actively dying is to allow them to define what they want and need during this time. The nurse’s role is to support what is important to the individual. Nursing care is tailored to support patient defined goals. The person who is actually experiencing the journey should be the one who defines suffering, and how their limited time will be spent. Nursing can teach both the patient and the practioner that knowing the end of life is coming can be a great blessing. This knowing that time is limited can allow healing and reconciliation not possible at any other time in a person’s life. The death of a loved one is not just about the loss of the individual, it is also about one’s own mortality. Nothing else can force surrender and acceptance like the illness and death of a close family member. B. Strategies to Improve Quality of life for Mr...
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...Describe a Specific Communicable Disease Outbreak In early April 2013 a measles outbreak was discovered in North Carolina. By mid-May the outbreak had been identified in Stokes and Orange Counties via 23 active cases. Every case was linked back to a family that had spent 3 months in India and had not been vaccinated. By the 16th of April the state laboratory of Public Health was able to confirm the diagnosis, with the last known case being confirmed on May 7th. The investigation of this outbreak revealed 4 patients with a confirmed diagnosis that had received one of vaccination of the two part series. The other 19 cases had not ever been vaccinated. The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services issued a letter informing the community of the outbreak, and offering recommendations for providers in the area. The suggestion was to consider anyone with fever and rash to be positive for measles. They were also directed to contact their health department immediately for suggestions on laboratory testing and control measures. In mid-May the state and county health officials declared the outbreak to be resolved. The spreading of the disease was simple and rapid. Measles is a highly contagious illness that is originated from a virus. The virus is so contagious that well before the rash develops, the patient is contagious and spreading the illness to susceptible people. It is spread via the airborne route. The virus lives inside the mucus of nose and throat of people that are...
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...C228 – Community Health Nursing – Task 2 Renee Todd Western Governors University Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) is a severe acute respiratory illness caused by the coronavirus named MERS-CoV. It is believed that the virus is found in camels and passed on to humans who are in contact or around infected animal. These camels are mainly located in Egypt, Oman, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia (WHO, 2015a). Those infected with MERS exhibit fever, cough, and shortness of breath, pneumonia, and diarrhea. Severe cases require patient to be put on mechanical ventilation or in an intensive care unit. It is also known to cause kidney failure and septic shock. The elderly, persons who are immunosuppressed, those who have diabetes, cancer, or chronic lung disease are at an increased risk of contracting MERS. It can be transmitted to anyone who is in close contact with the infected person (WHO, 2015a). MERS has been reported in 26 countries throughout the world. In May of 2015, there was an outbreak in Korea that began with a 68 year old male who had recent travel from the Arabian Peninsula. The time line is as follows (WHO, 2015b) 1st Case: Reported May 24, 2015. (WHO, 2015b) • Patient: 68 year old male • Travel history o April 18-29, 2015: Bahrain o April 29-30, 2015: United Arab Emirates o April 30- May 1, 2015: Bahrain o May 1-2, 2015: the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia o May 2, 2015: Bahrain o May 2-3, 2015: Qatar o May 4, 2015: Flew from Qatar...
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...Community Health and Population Focused Nursing Task 2 Cecilia D. Vazquez Western Governors University A. Identification of international outbreak The communicable disease that caused an international outbreak is Swine Influenza A which is also known as H1N1. I will be describing the epidemiology and transmission of the outbreak, the effect of the outbreak on my community at a systems level and finally discuss what actions will be appropriate for a community health nurse when confronted with an outbreak of pandemic proportions. A1. Details of international outbreak Swine influenza A was first detected in the United States on April 13, 2009. The first identified patient was a 10year old male in San Diego California. He will be listed as patient A. He presented with fever, cough and vomiting to an outpatient clinic. Documented report of case from the Center for Disease Control includes information about his family members health history with child’s mother having respiratory symptoms without fever in the first few days of April, and the patient’s eight year old brother having respiratory illness two weeks prior to patient. The patient’s eight year old brother became ill again with cough, fever and rhinorrhea on April 11th. Next identified patient will be named patient B. Patient B is a nine year old female who resides in Imperial County, California which is 130 miles away from San Diego, California. She presented to an outpatient clinic on March 28, 2009...
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...Created on: 21 January 2007 Author Bio P. Renjith Kumar is SAP BI Consultant with PRICOL Technologies. He has extensive cross-functional experience and has been with end-to-end SAP implementations as ABAP Consultant. SAP DEVELOPER NETWORK | sdn.sap.com © 2007 SAP AG BUSINESS PROCESS EXPERT COMMUNITY | bpx.sap.com 1 BDC Step-by-Step Table of Contents Overview: How It Works .................................................................................................................. 2 Steps in data transfer....................................................................................................................... 2 Data Transfer Methods .................................................................................................................... 3 Step-by-Step Process...................................................................................................................... 3 Task 1: Recording............................................................................................................................ 3 Task 2: Creating ABAP Report based on recording done............................................................... 6 Task 3: Writing ABAP report to do data transfer ........................................................................... 10 Testing ........................................................................................................................................... 19 Disclaimer and Liability...
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...Assignment title | | In this assessment you will have opportunities to provide evidence against the following criteria. Indicate the page numbers where the evidence can be found. | Criteria reference | To achieve the criteria the evidence must show that the learner is able to: | | Task no. | | Evidence | P1, M1, D1 | Outline current crime and disorder legislation. Analyse the impact of two pieces of crime and disorder legislation. Evaluate the impact of one piece of crime and disorder legislation. | | 1 | | | P2 | State the main sentences and orders criminal courts can impose. | | 2 | | | P3 | Describe two theories of criminal behaviour and the factors that contribute to them. | | 3 | | | P4, M2 | Describe the effects crime has on communities and the individual. Analyse the effects of crime on communities and individuals. | | 4 | | | P5, M3, D2 | Identify approaches used by public services to reduce crime, disorder and antisocial behaviour. Analyse how the strategies used by the local community public services work to reduce crime, disorder and antisocial behaviour. Evaluate a local public service initiative designed to address crime and its impact on the community. | | 5 | | | P6 | Explain how public and third sector organisations support witnesses and victims of crime. | | 6 | | | Learner declaration | I certify that the work submitted for this assignment is my own. I have clearly referenced any sources used in the work. I understand...
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...members of the veterinary health care team; professional ethics and legal aspects of veterinary practice; aspects of distance education in veterinary technology and strategies for success. SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS LS5493(1501) Grading Criteria Lesson exams (2) 100% You can submit exams online at the school’s website by selecting the “Take an Exam” option. The exams you submit will be graded on the following scale: LESSON GRADE (100%) LETTER EQUIVALENT RATING QUALITY POINT AVERAGE 90–100 A Excellent 4.0 80–89 B Good 3.0 70–79 C Average 2.0 Below 70 F Failing 0.0 An overall lesson average of 70% or higher is required to pass your course. You are given two opportunities to take each exam. Refer to the Academic Policies section of the College Catalog for specific information on exam results. ACADEMIC INTEGRITY Please refer to your student handbook regarding Academic Integrity. Since you’re learning in an online setting, it’s important to practice Netiquette. COMPETENCIES GENERAL COMPETENCIES EXPECTED COMPETENCIES TASKS THAT MEASURE ACHIEVEMENT OF COMPETENCIES Demonstrate effective written and interpersonal skills Penn Foster Community interaction Demonstrate computer and information literacy Required online course access and activities CORE...
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...Running Header: Task I 1 Task I Abigail M. Garcia Western Governor’s University: Accreditation Audit Running Header: Task I 2 Executive Summary Nightingale Community Hospital is committed to providing quality care and aims to be the first choice hospital for patients in the community. Four core values represent the passion Nightingale has for excellence: Safety, Community, Teamwork and Accountability. The goals of the hospital are to uphold an atmosphere of healing, promote the benefits of health, and to provide a compassionate experience for all. Overview In order to reach the aforementioned goals, values and commitments, Nightingale Community Hospital must be in compliance of regulatory agencies which outline specific, goaloriented sets of standards. The Joint Commission is one such agency that provides assistance and support to health care facilities to ensure that certain standards are met, education for implementing new standards and feedback of current healthcare practices as part of the accreditation process. According to Facts about Hospital Accreditation (2014), the “Joint Commission standards address the hospital’s performance in specific areas, and specify requirements to ensure that patient care is provided in a safe manner and in a secure environment (p. 1).” This agency uses a Priority Focus Process methodology to identify areas within healthcare organizations which have a significant impact on patient safety and quality of care. One of these...
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...|BTEC Assignment Front Sheet | | |Learner Name: | | |Qualification: |BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma Business | |Units Covered: |Understanding Business Ethics |Unit Numbers: |37 | |Assignment Issue Date: |w/c 11/05/15 |Assignment Due Date: |w/c 01/06/15 | |Duration (approximately) | | |I certify that the work submitted for this assignment is my own. I have clearly referenced any sources used in the work. I understand that | |false declaration is a form of malpractice. | |Learner’s signature: | |Date: | / / | Assessor’s signature in this grid indicate which criteria have been awarded |Unit No. |Criterion |Assessor Signature |Criterion |Assessor...
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