Assignment task: Select one of the following discussion questions below.
Option 1: Navigate to the CDC web page listed here. Watch one of the EPIC Webinars (each are 50-60 minutes), then provide a one paragraph summary of the contents including action items nurses might consider to help the community stay safe.
Option 2: Professional Nursing Education Essential III is about Population Health. Using your text book, power point slides, and any other helpful dot gov resources, explain each of the following to the class. Make sure your explanations are clear enough that a lay person could understand them.
- What is disease surveillance?
- What are the types of Surveillance Systems?
- What does the investigation entail?
- How does the public health expert determine appropriate interventions and protection following the investigation?