Essential Nursing Guide for Epidemiology
Essential Nursing Guide for Epidemiology
The Main Learning Objectives
To define epidemiology & to explain the role of epidemiology in primary health networks (PHN)
To define incidence and prevalence and describe how to calculate them
To distinguish the difference between morbidity and mortality
To determine the factors affecting the health outcomes of an individual
To identify the importance of understanding the causative agent in addressing public health concerns
To identify and describe factors affecting each component of the epidemiological triangle
To identify how the nurse can address public health concerns using the epidemiological triangle
To describe the purpose and components of the chain of transmission
To recall the five different types of agents
To identify ways to break the chain of transmission To describe the purpose and components of the web of causation & to describe how To create a web of causation for different disease types
To identify how the nurse can enact change through formulating webs of causation
To distinguish between 4 types of immunity
To apply frameworks for addressing vaccine hesitancy
To define and state the purpose of descriptive epidemiology
To identify and describe the components of descriptive epidemiology
To differentiate between types of disease transmission
Methods of Education to Achieve the Objectives
Every video has specific objectives to be achieved
Initially , participant will have pre-test as a part of assessment steps
Participant will watch videos accompanied by images, pdf files , figures or diagrams. At the end , participant must pass post-test to get certification of completion. Participant must follow the learning path in the platform
Evaluation of Scientific Activity by the Participants
By evaluation form after completing course , it will be send to participants. It is an important to know that it will be mandatory to get certification
Speaker
Dr. Heide Cygan
DNP, RN, Associate Professor at Rush University College of Nursing in Chicago, Board certified Advanced Public Health Nurse
Course Policy
This course will be valid for 6 months after subscription date
The subscription will not be refundable for any reason
The course content was reviewed by scientific committee
There is no CME Hours for this kind of teaching content
The course content was designed for pre graduate and recent graduate
