CDC: Outbreaks

Types of outbreaks: (1) Rift Valley Fever (2) Rabies (3) West Nile River Virus (4) Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

Answer the following questions based on two (2) of the specific outbreaks. Be specific with concrete examples and content..

Cite outbreaks in addition to required references.

What are the epidemiological and public health themes that emerge in all of these outbreaks?

What are those factors that may facilitate the evolution of local epidemics emerging into global pandemics?

How would you deal with it if discovered in your local area?

What strategies would you employ at all 3 levels of prevention?

Identify one (1) strategy you would use to teach the community to prevent these

How would you measure the success of your interventions?

How does the information gained being a “disease detective” assist you in your current practice?

Using the knowledge and skills of a disease detective gained in the CDC: Solve the Outbreaks modules SOLVE THE OUTBREAKgame- answer the following questions:

• How does the information gained being a “disease detective” assist you in your current professional nursing practice? Give a concrete example.
• There is a current increase of communicable diseases in the USA: (1) Monkeypox in the US and Europe after being endemic in parts of Africa and (2) the case of polio in Rockland County NY and the findings of polio virus in the New York City waste system. What would be a specific intervention for a staff nurse in the SWFL community to start related to these two diseases at the primary prevention level? Be specific.
• Stanley, C.R.M. J. (2021). Lippincott CoursePoint Enhanced for Rector’s Community and Public Health Nursing (10th ed.). Wolters Kluwer Health. https://bookshelf.vitalsource.com/books/9781975178284