MASTER LEVEL- Infectious Disease Paper

The topic: Herpes Zoster

1. Introduction: Analysis of the communicable disease (causes, symptoms, mode of transmission, complications, treatment) to include demographic break down that includes age, gender, race, or other at-risk indicators (da ta per demographics should include mortality, morbidity, incidence, and prevalence).

**Comprehensive description of the infectious disease (causes, symptoms, mode of transmission, complications, treatment) and the demographic of interest (mortality, morbidity, incidence, and prevalence). Integrate at risk aggregate populations with related descriptive epidemiology.

2. Determinants of Health: Define, identify and synthesize the determinants of health as related to the development of the infection. Utilize HP2020.

**Robust identification and description of the determinants of health with explanation of how those factors contribute to the development of this disease. Evidence supports background.

3. Epidemiological Triad: Identify and describe all elements of the epidemiological triad: Host factors, agent factors (presence or absence), and environmental factors. Utilize the demographic break down to further describe the triad.

**Comprehensive review of the epidemiological triad (host factors, agent factors (presence or absence), and environmental factors). Uses example/s, resources, to fully describe the triad

4. Role of the NP: Succinctly define the role of the nurse practitioner according to a national nurse practitioner organization ( National Board of Nursing or AANP, for example) and synthesize the role to the management of infectious diseases (surveillance, primary/secondary/tertiary interventions, reporting, data collecting, data analysis, and follow-up). This includes the integration of a model of practice which supports the implementation of an evidence-based practice.  Refer to your course textbook for models of practice examples.

*MUST

1. Use the rubric section headings for your paper headings (such as: Introduction of infectious disease, Determinants of Health; Epidemiological Triad etc).

Title page, running head, body of paper, and reference page must follow APA guidelines.

2. Include in-citations for sources

3. A minimum of three (3) scholarly literature references must be used.

No more than 3 direct quotes are accepted.

FOUR pages of content at a minimum for your topic,  this does not include your title page or reference page. Exceeding 4 pages is fine.