TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - COMPETENCY #2 Utilizes Basic Epidemiological (The Incidence, Distribution, and Control of Disease in a Population) Principles in Public Health Nursing Practice
A1  - Porta, Carolyn M.
A1  - Kleinfehn-Wald, Noreen
A1  - Anderson, Linda J. W.
A1  - Kerr, Madeleine
A2  - Schoon, Patricia M.
A2  - Porta, Carolyn M.
A2  - Schaffer, Marjorie A.
PY  - 2019
T2  - Population-Based Public Health Clinical Manual: The Henry Street Model for Nurses, 3e
AB  - Elizabeth  has  worked  as  a  public  health  nurse  (PHN)  doing  home  visits  on  the  maternal  child  health  team  for  approximately  a  year.  One  day  as  she  is  having  lunch  with  her  co-workers,  someone  mentions  that  an  outbreak  of  pertussis  had  occurred  in  an  adjacent  county.  In  fact,  there  are  42  cases!  Two  days  later,  Elizabeth's  supervisor  asks  whether  she  can  help  the  Disease  Prevention  &  Control  (DP  &  C)  team  investigate  10  probable  cases  of  pertussis.DP  &  C  nurses  operate  the  immunization  clinic  and  work  with  infectious  disease  issues,  such  as  tuberculosis.  Other  than  these  activities,  Elizabeth  knows  very  little  of  what  their  day-to-day  work  is  like.  Her  supervisor  explains  that  disease  investigation  is  case  management  work.  She  will  most  likely  not  be  required  to  do  any  additional  home  visits.  (Sometimes  follow-up  visits  are  necessary  when  it  is  difficult  to  locate  people.)  She  will  need  to  plan  on  a  limited  amount  of  time  to  place  phone  calls,  review  records,  and  work  with  community  partners,  such  as  school  nurses.  Elizabeth  agrees  to  take  the  additional  assignment  and  arranges  to  receive  orientation  from  the  lead  nurse.  During  this  briefing,  the  lead  nurse  explains  the  state's  data-privacy  laws,  the  state  health  department's  infectious  disease  reporting  requirements  for  pertussis,  and  the  report  form  that  needs  to  be  completed  by  the  healthcare  provider  or  the  lab  associated  with  the  clinic  for  each  suspect  or  confirmed  case.  This  is  a  lot  of  new  information!  
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PB  - Sigma Theta Tau International
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/12/11
UR  - apn.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1189289647
ER  -