Locating a recent article about an outbreak of an infectious or communicable disease.
Epidemiologic surveillance is used in public and global health. For this Assignment, begin by locating a recent article about an outbreak of an infectious or communicable disease. The article can come from a newspaper or other source, but your paper must be supported with at least three scholarly sources of evidence in the literature which may include your text or course readings.
For this Assignment, review the following:
AWE Checklist (Level 4000)
Link to 4000 Level Writing
https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/undergraduate/awe/4000
No RUNNING HEADER or ABSTRACT is REQUIRED. It can be used, but not required.
Write a 3 full page paper that includes the following:
A summary of the article, including the title and author
Identify the title of the article with in-text citation and corresponding reference in reference list
The relationship among causal agents, susceptible persons, and environmental factors (epidemiological triangle)
The role of the nurse in addressing the outbreak
Possible health promotion/health protection strategies that could have been implemented by nurses to mitigate the outbreak
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