Urinary Tract Infections

Question

Instructions

Purpose

Infectious disease occurs worldwide and must be addressed just as chronic disease is approached. This assignment will present the learner an opportunity to explore a communicable disease, to apply the epidemiological triad, and to discern the demographic and at-risk background data for a specific infectious disease agent . 

Requirement

1.  Choose a topic from the list provided to you by your course faculty.  Apply the concepts of population health and epidemiology to the topic.

TOPICS: Urinary Tract Infections OR Soft Tissue Infections (CHOOSE ONE)

2.  Synthesize Course content from Weeks 1-5 according to the following sections:    

oIntroduction:  Analysis of the communicable disease (causes, symptoms, mode of transmission, complications, treatment) to include demographic break down that includes age, gender, race, or other at-risk indicators (data per demographics should include mortality, morbidity, incidence, and prevalence). 

oDeterminants of Health:  Define, identify and synthesize the determinants of health as related to the development of the infection.   Utilize HP2020.  

oEpidemiological Triad:  Identify and describe all elements of the epidemiological triad: Host factors, agent factors (presence or absence), and environmental factors. Utilize the demographic break down to further describe the triad.   

oRole of the NP:  Succinctly define the role of the nurse practitioner according to a national nurse practitioner organization ( National Board of Nursing or AANP, for example) and synthesize the role to the management of infectious diseases(surveillance, primary/secondary/tertiary interventions, reporting, data collecting, data analysis, and follow-up). This includes the integration of a model of practice which supports the implementation of an evidence-based practice.  Refer to your course textbook for models of practice examples