Evaluation of a Website Chamberlain College of Nursing NR500: Foundational Concepts and Applications Summer 2014 Evaluation of a Website “The Center for Disease Control and Prevention is one of the major operating components of the Department of Health and Human Services” and it that offers health and safety information regarding health issues” (CDC.gov, 2014, organization, para.1). CDC.gov is a free on-line communication that is available to individuals, researchers, students and health-care
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Would you risk it? Preventive care is the biggest milestone of the medical world, and vaccination represents one of the most important strategies in the prevention of disease in adults but more importantly children. The choices parents make to immunizations is a questionable debate. For example small pox has been globally eradicated, while diseases such as, polio are virtually nonexistent. Other life-threatening conditions such as measles have been dramatically curtailed to the point where families
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future, I am for it. The vaccination has an excellent safety record also. However, I am against a mandate for the vaccination. I don't think a person should be forced to do something they don't believe in. A person should be able to have a say in what goes into his or her body. For young children, I think the decision to vaccinate should be left up to the parents. I also don't believe that getting a vaccination will lead to promiscuity. Even though the vaccination will protect against sexually
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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
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their life. Then around the year 2000 measles was declared eliminated in the United States which means it has no longer pass down to the United States but still being brought in by international travelers. This was reduced by getting the measles vaccination. This was believed to prevent the spread of the virus. A virus called rubeola causes the virus infection. Signs and symptoms of measles include cough, runny nose, inflamed eyes, sore throat, fever and a red, blotchy skin rash (2014, May 24). The
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Amer El Ghali Jghali@knights.ucf.edu Vaccination Before we can understand why it is so vital to continue to vaccinate our population, we must understand what vaccination is. The concept behind vaccination involves tricking your body into thinking it is being attacked by a foreign pathogen. By stimulating the body’s immune system macrophages begin to “gobble” up the pathogens leaving leftover antigens in its wake. “Antibodies attack the antigens left behind by the macrophages. Antibodies
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infection caused by a virus. It is a member of the genus morbillivirus and in the family Paramyxoviridae and is highly contagious. Once quite common, measles can now almost always be prevented with vaccination. Measles elimination was declared in the United States in 2000, as result of such vaccination. Measles outbreaks now come from traveling overseas to infected areas and bringing the disease back to the United States. The United States averages only about 60 cases of measles a year, and most of
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Application of Community Health & Population-Focused Nursing Western Governors University Measles 1. Describe the Chosen Outbreak Measles is virus with a single-stranded RNA and two membranes: a fusion protein that infuses into the host cell membrane and the hemagglutinin protein that absorbs the virus into the cells. The primary site for invasion is in the epithelium of the nares. Measles is highly contagious and very infectious because it is easily
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------------------------------------------------- RESPIRATORY DISEASE PAPER JENNIFER ROSENTHAL HCS/245 1/17/2016 SHEELA ALVARADO Influenza is a virus we all call the flu. It attacks our upper respiratory system, and is spread when a person inhales droplets in the air that contain the flu virus, or sharing cups and utensils with an infected person. It can last a week, sometimes two, and can be very serious for the elderly and babies, and pregnant woman. People who have chronic illnesses are
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D1: unit 5 The way the media presented the MMR case in front of the public created a great contribution towards the public perception. It has also had a negative impact on the scientific information, which was given out parallel to the rumors regarding the link between MMR vaccine and autism. In 2003, a science based film named "Hear the silence” has influenced the media by naming Dr. Wakefield as "Bad Scientist" [6].This seemed to have disregarded the value of a scientist and his knowledge in front
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