NURS-4115 Role of Nurse in Public Health Week 4 Discussion NURSES WORKING TO PREVENT DISEASE AT HOME According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (2016), a vaccination has not been found to prevent the Zika virus, a disease that has been transmitted to humans through mosquito bites from mosquitoes that are most […]
NURS-4115 Role of Nurse in Public Health Week 3 Discussion Our “world” starts with our own community, county, and state, then moves out in concentric rings from that point to include our country and eventually the world. Disease is transmitted from person to person through direct contact, or from a source such as a vector […]
NURS-4115 Role of Nurse in Public Health Week 2 Discussion NURSES WORKING TO IMPROVE THE SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS OF IMPOVERISHED CITIZENS THROUGH GOVERNMENT ACTIONS The influence of poverty on health is a problem that transcends national borders. This week’s readings discussed some of the political, economic, and ethical issues that lead to health disparities in developed […]
NURS-4115 Role of Nurse in Public Health Week 1 Discussion THE ROLE OF THE NURSE IN GLOBAL HEALTH In this week’s media presentation, Dr. Louise Fitzpatrick shared how health and disease are global issues. She pointed out that with the mobility of today’s population, health issues experienced in one area of the world are easily […]