Safety and community care Papers

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Prepare two educational handouts (two pages each), one for community members and patients and one for health care providers, that provide information about common bacteria or viruses and how to reduce the risk of infection. Both handouts can be written about food borne illness or influenza.

  • Competency 1: Evaluate scholarly nursing literature that supports evidence-based nursing practice.
    • Identify timely evidence-based data needed to explain a potential health threat.
    • Apply evidence-based research to a health care initiative.
  • Competency 2: Explain ways to promote safe, quality, evidence-based care to populations and communities in health care environments.
    • Apply evidence-based research to a health care initiative.
    • Explain the factors that can adversely affect the health of individuals.
    • Describe evidence-based preventative measures to increase safety.
  • Competency 4: Communicate in a manner that is consistent with expectations of nursing professionals.
    • Write content clearly and logically, with correct use of grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.
    • Correctly format citations and references using APA style.

    To deepen your understanding, you are encouraged to consider the questions below and discuss them with a fellow learner, a work associate, an interested friend, or a member of your professional community.

    • What nursing organizations are responsible for ensuring safe, quality care?
    • Why is it important to identify causative agents and modes of transmission?
    • What identified key nursing interventions protect the public against food-borne bacteria and viruses?

    Preparation

    Search the Internet for scholarly and professional peer-reviewed articles on food-borne illness or virus prevention. You will need at least three articles to use as support for your work on this assessment. In addition, look for statistics on cases of food-borne illness or influenza in your community. Sites such as the CDC, WHO, and state or public health departments provide the most current and reliable data.

    Directions

    Your employer is hosting a Healthy Mind and Body Fair in your community. Your manager has asked for your help in creating educational materials about food-borne illnesses like E.coli or viruses such as influenza. The goal is to provide information about how to reduce the risk of infection. You have been asked to create two informational handouts on the same topic:

    1. One handout is for participants (community members, patients) that raises awareness about the transmission of common bacteria or viruses and how to prevent the spread of these common infections. Consider health literacy levels when preparing the handout for non-medical populations.
    2. The second handout is directed at allied health care providers. This material should provide a higher level of information and detail about the subject.

    Each handout should cover the following:

    • Provide information about the illness and transmission.
    • Provide recent statistics of cases in the community, with sources noted.
    • Describe the scope of illness (symptoms, severity, adverse outcomes).
    • Describe both treatment and prevention options, with an emphasis on prevention.
    • Relay any new research or treatment modalities.
    • Include information your readers will want to refer to in the future. This includes Web sites or tips for finding additional information or additional resources.

    Consider the reader when creating your handouts, and be creative!Format the handouts as follows:

    • Break up content into short paragraphs.
    • Use bullet points and lists whenever possible.
    • Use sub-headings to isolate different topics within the documents.
    • Remember, say no more than what is necessary; the urge to say too much can ruin a good handout.

    Additional Requirements

    Each handout should meet the following criteria:

    • Contain 500 words (2 pages).
    • Must be readable, concise, with a logical ordering of ideas.
    • Include a minimum of three references. (These must be recent, from within the past five years.) The same resources can be used for both handouts.
    • Provide adequate documentation of ideas and appropriate APA citation of relevant literature.
    • Assignment submission should include one complete document, prepared as follows:
      • Title page for the participant handout.
      • Participant handout.
      • Reference page in alphabetical order for the participant handout.
      • Title page for the allied health care provider handout.
      • Allied health care provider handout.
      • Reference page in alphabetical order for the provider handout.
      • Be double spaced in Times New Roman font, 12 point.

      I have provided the example of what it should look like in the file section