COURSE:
NR503 – Population Health, Epidemiology, & Statistical Principles
Requirement
- Choose a topic from the list provided to you by your course faculty. Apply the concepts of population health and epidemiology to the topic.
- Synthesize Course content from Weeks 1-5 according to the following sections:
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- Introduction: 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 (da ta per demographics should include mortality, morbidity, incidence, and prevalence).
- Determinants of Health: Define, identify and synthesize the determinants of health as related to the development of the infection. Utilize HP2020.
- Epidemiological 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.
- Role 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.
Solution
Both people and animals may get the fatal, infectious, viral disease known as rabies. This illness affects the brain and spinal cord, impairing nerve impulse transmission. It is a zoonotic illness that is acquired via animal bites or saliva. Cattle, dogs, cats, bats, and mongooses are rabies virus carriers. There are two types of rabies infections: paralytic and encephalitic. The primary symptoms of the encephalitic type include hydrophobia and hyperactivity, while the paralytic form’s primary symptom is paralysis. Most rabies cases are fatal, and no clear signs or symptoms appear unless the disease is severe. If a person contracts rabies without receiving the necessary medical care, it may cause inflammation in the brain, which can ultimately result in death.
The rabies virus may be passed from one animal or person to another by direct or indirect contact with infected animal saliva, mucosal membranes, bites, scratches, or other wounds. The neuromuscular joints get infected when this virus multiplies inside muscles or invades the peripheral nervous system. Rabies may be prevented by following the proper protocol upon………………………………….$10
