Week 8 Global Health Risk Paper
Choose a global health issue. For this assignment, you will introduce the health issue and discuss the interventions necessary to prevent the issue and promote health.
Some topics to consider may include:
- Anthrax
- Bioterrorism
- Cholera
- Clostridium botulinum infection
- Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus
- Ebola virus disease
- Escherichia coli
- Human immunodeficiency virus disease
- Malaria
- Plague
- Severe respiratory distress syndrome
- Small pox
- Suicide
- Tuberculosis
- Vancomycin-resistant enterococcus infection
- West Nile virus
Include the following in your paper:
- Introduction/overview of the health issue and the prevalence in the United States and worldwide
- Contributing factors
- Prevention strategies
- Signs and symptoms
- Diagnostic tests (if applicable)
- Advanced practice nursing role and management strategies
- Medical/pharmacological management (if applicable)
- Follow-up care
- Conclusion
Write a 3–4 page paper following APA format. You must include 2–3 scholarly sources in your citations and references.