As presented in this week’s readings, many individuals acquire infections in the community as well as during treatment in the hospital. As a nurse, it is important to know what is going on in the world. In addition to reading scholarly literature, reading the paper and watching the news helps to keep a nurse aware of what is going on currently. In addition, many organizations like the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) track current health trends and post updates on their websites, along with Fact Sheets to help educate, prevent, and treat new and re-emerging diseases. These Fact Sheets are made to be short and easy to read so that health care professionals and patients are more likely to read and understand the information.

For this Discussion, you will examine an emerging or re-emerging disease and the nurse’s role in prevention and management of the disease. Locate an article in a newspaper, in a lay magazine, or on an organizational website that discusses an emerging or re-emerging infectious disease that is currently affecting your community. Reflect on the article you selected and think about how the emerging or re-emerging disease might affect nursing practice.

Summarize the article you selected and provide the reference. Then, address the following:

· What implications does the disease have for nursing practice?

· How does the emergence of this disease affect your personal practice?

· Why do you think that this disease is emerging/re-emerging?

· What is the nurse’s role in preventing and managing the impact of infectious diseases both from the patient and nurse perspective?

Support your response with references from the professional nursing literature.

Note Initial Post: A 5-paragraph (at least 550 words) response. Be sure to use evidence from the readings and include in-text citations. Utilize essay-level writing practice and skills, including the use of transitional material and organizational frames. Avoid quotes; paraphrase to incorporate evidence into your own writing. A reference list is required. Use the most current evidence (usually ≤ 5 years old).

https://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/clinicians/index.html

https://www.cdc.gov/

 Assignment 4 Instructions

In Module 3 you completed Assignment 3 in which you chose a topic for a scholarly paper and defended a point of view on an ethical issue, writing an outline for the paper and an introductory paragraph. By doing so, you should have created a clear, directive thesis statement, a substantive outline, an introductory paragraph, and have researched scholarly sources that support your argument or point of view.

Assignment 4 is a continuation of Assignment 3 (remember that you must receive feedback on Assignment 3 from your Open Learning Faculty Member before continuing with Assignment 4). Using your outline as your guide, begin the paper with your introductory paragraph and thesis statement, and write a 6 page scholarly paper that supports your point of view. Ensure that you cite appropriate, scholarly sources as you write your paper. You may add to or delete any of the sources that you included in Assignment 4.

Your paper should include:

1. A title page
2. 6 pages in the body of the paper, including an introductory paragraph and a conclusion
3. A reference page (or two; two is fine)

Remember to follow APA formatting. You may want to review Topic 4, “Writing for Professional Practice,” in Module 3 before you begin writing. Use the resources for APA style and scholarly writing in Module 3 as you write your paper. Your School of Nursing handbook also contains information on scholarly writing.

This part of the assignment is worth 25% of your grade and produces a completed scholarly paper that defends a particular point of view on an ethical issue (an argument).