Write a paper (2,000-2,500 words) in which you apply the concepts of epidemiology and nursing research to a communicable disease. Refer to “Communicable Disease Chain,” “Chain of Infection,” and the CDC website for assistance when completing this assignment.

Communicable Disease Selection

Chickenpox
Tuberculosis
Influenza
Mononucleosis
Hepatitis B
HIV
Ebola
Measles
Polio
Influenza
Epidemiology Paper Requirements

Describe the chosen communicable disease, including causes, symptoms, mode of transmission, complications, treatment, and the demographic of interest (mortality, morbidity, incidence, and prevalence). Is this a reportable disease? If so, provide details about reporting time, whom to report to, etc.

Describe the social determinants of health and explain how those factors contribute to the development of this disease.

Discuss the epidemiologic triangle as it relates to the communicable disease you have selected. Include the host factors, agent factors (presence or absence), and environmental factors. Are there any special considerations or notifications for the community, schools, or general population?

Explain the role of the community health nurse (case finding, reporting, data collection, data analysis, and follow-up) and why demographic data are necessary to the health of the community.

Identify at least one national agency or organization that addresses the communicable disease chosen and describe how the organizations contribute to resolving or reducing the impact of the disease.

Discuss a global implication of the disease. How is this addressed in other countries or cultures? Is this disease endemic to a particular area? Provide an example.

Nurses often become motivated to change aspects within the larger healthcare system based on their real-world experience. As such, many nurses take on an advocacy role to influence a change in regulations, policies, and laws that govern the larger healthcare system.  Identify a problem or concern in your state, community, or organization that has the capacity for advocacy through legislation.

As a Nurse Practitioner, write a Case study that demonstrates your critical thinking skills, diagnostic skills, utilization of evidence-based practice, clinical judgment, pharmacological management, follow-up plan, and how you would promote preventive care for this patient.

Describe in an essay your plan for continuing your education as a life-long learner.

Has the Covid-19 pandemic changed everything or has it made the familiar clearer?

“In different ways and for different reasons, a sense that the COVID-19 pandemic has changed everything has come to dominate public, personal, and intellectual life.

The social entanglements it created have been both for better and for worse, but they have always exceeded the pathogen’s physical effects on bodies.

Anthropologists recognize in these patterns not only a rupture but also the familiar as if what can be seen now is not new but has simply been made clearer”. (Adams and Nading 2020: 461).

Do you agree? Give reasons for your answer, drawing on relevant concepts and approaches introduced in Health, Illness, and Society Part 1 as well as your personal experience.