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INTRODUCTION

Assessing the health of a community or population requires a different skill set than assessing individual patients. Individual patients are assessed using direct observation during the process of identifying their condition, needs, abilities, and preferences. The health of populations is assessed using data analytics that aggregate findings based on a predefined geographic area or a common characteristic. For example, a population can include the people in an entire county, state, or nation. Additionally, a population can include the people in a hospital unit or community or any other group of individuals who have shared characteristics (e.g., older women or those who attend a common event at the same place and time). A disease investigator or advanced practice nurse defines the population of interest, which may change as the investigation progresses. Defining the population is extremely important as it is essential to describe the outbreak in terms of person, place, and time (PPT).

For this task, you will create a professional multimedia presentation. This presentation will be based on your analysis of an investigation conducted in the outbreak scenario. See the Crab Apple Valley Communicable Outbreak Simulation in the Web Link section. It is recommended that you complete your review of this outbreak before you begin your presentation since all the information in your presentation will come from this case scenario.

You will present the methods, processes, and results of your investigation of the outbreak that are essential to controlling the spread of this disease and preventing future outbreaks. Additionally, you will present information on the guiding principles that form the basis for investigating and managing infectious disease outbreaks.

REQUIREMENTS

Your submission must be your original work. No more than a combined total of 50% of the submission and no more than a 10% match to any one individual source can be directly quoted or closely paraphrased from sources, even if cited correctly. The similarity report that is provided when you submit your task can be used as a guide.

You must use the rubric to direct the creation of your submission because it provides detailed criteria that will be used to evaluate your work. Each requirement below may be evaluated by more than one rubric aspect. The rubric aspect titles may contain hyperlinks to relevant portions of the course.

Tasks may not be submitted as cloud links, such as links to Google Docs, Google Slides, OneDrive, etc., unless specified in the task requirements. All other submissions must be file types that are uploaded and submitted as attachments (e.g., .pdf, .ppt, .pptx).

Complete the Crab Apple Valley Communicable Outbreak Simulation (referred to as the outbreak scenario for this task) found in the Web Links section.

Note: Before starting the simulation, please read the attached Prelude: Epidemiology of an Outbreak and Tutorial Crab Apple Valley documents.

A. Create a multimedia presentation (suggested length of 22 slides) on your investigation of the outbreak scenario. You may use the attached Crab Apple Valley Communicable Outbreak Simulation Multimedia Presentation Template.

Note: While you need to create a presentation, you do not need to present it.

Note: The multimedia presentation for this performance assessment should be uploaded as a separate attachment and should not be included in the e-portfolio or submitted as a link.

B. In your presentation, provide your presenter notes for each slide in the presentation, including the appropriate level of explanation, analysis, and discussion of the outbreak scenario.

C. In your presentation, provide a title slide that includes each of the following components:

your name

the title of the presentation

title of course

instructor Name

the date the presentation was submitted

D. In your presentation, provide a slide that includes an outline of the main topics that will be included in your presentation in the order they will be presented.

E. In your presentation, describe the background of the outbreak scenario from part A by doing each of the following:

1. Describe the key components of the case definition for the outbreak scenario.

2. Explain the 10 steps used in the outbreak investigation and include an example for each step.

F. In your presentation, discuss methods used to determine the existence and scope of the outbreak scenario.

1. Discuss the active and passive surveillance methods used to identify cases in the outbreak scenario.

2. Provide the number of suspect cases in the entire outbreak scenario.

3. Provide the number of probable cases in the entire outbreak scenario.

4. Discuss the mode of transmission for the outbreak scenario for both locations, including specific examples from the scenario.

5. Discuss how the cumulative incidence can be utilized with the outbreak scenario.

6. Calculate the cumulative incidence for the entire outbreak scenario.

G. In your presentation, justify your study design choice to guide your analysis of the outbreak scenario by doing the following:

1. Construct a purpose statement for your outbreak scenario research project.

2. Describe the data collected for the outbreak scenario research project from parts F1 and F2.

3. Present a screen capture of the outbreak plot that is clear and provides correct information.

a. Analyze the significance of the epi curve.

4. Analyze the significance of the incubation period of the outbreak scenario.

5. Describe the differences between an endemic, an epidemic, and a pandemic.

a. Discuss whether this scenario outbreak is experiencing an endemic, epidemic, or pandemic.

6. Calculate the case fatality rate.

a. Describe the significance of the case fatality rate.

7. Calculate the primary and secondary attack rates.

a. Describe how the primary and secondary attacks occurred.

H. In your presentation, discuss the three measures of outbreak management for the outbreak scenario.

1. Provide a rationale for the control measures that should be implemented in the outbreak scenario.

2. Formulate a plan to disseminate information on the outbreak to other agencies and the public.

I. In your presentation, reflect on your learning experience by responding to each of the following questions:

What do you know now about investigating an outbreak that you did not know before?

Based on what you have learned, what might you do differently if given the opportunity to investigate an outbreak?

In what ways can you apply the concepts you have learned to your current clinical practice?

J. Acknowledge sources, using APA-formatted in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased or summarized.

K. Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your

Telemedicine Advancement in Emergency Rooms

Author Name (First, Middle Initial, Last)

College of Health Professions, Western Governors University

D031: Advancing Evidence-Based Innovation in Nursing Practice

Instructor Name

Date

Telemedicine Advancement in Emergency Rooms

Introduction

Rural emergency departments are at a significant disadvantage when it comes to treating patients with acute illnesses. The absence of experts inside the office is a downside and couldpossibly have deadly results for our patients. Telemedicine is the freshest innovation accessible, and keeping in mind that costly, it gives significant advantages to emergency room patients and staff.Telemedicine will permit the emergency room to go with faster choices in regards to a patient’s demeanor orneed for quick development. In no less than a half year, The emergency room will execute telemedicine forcardiology patients requiring administrations. The following a half year will start the execution oftelemedicine for nervous system science and mental claims to fame. Telemedicine expands admittance todoctors and experts guaranteeing that patients get the perfect consideration at the ideal time and in theperfect spot (Truth Sheet: Telehealth, 2019). Telemedicine is connected to a 30-35% decrease in mortality (Di Lenarda et al., 2017).

A1. Role of innovative nurse leader

Nurse educators will be officially liable for preparing staff on the machine and training them on legitimate advances when a discussion is requested. Instructors will be accessible for different kinds of feedback. Laying out a telemedicine champion in the trauma center could be helpful when teachers are not free. Preparing staff is perhaps the greatest obstacle and normally requires more than one meeting (Hamm et al., 2020). Their casual job is counsel with different offices with this sort of hardware to get thoughts on the most proficient method to better our cycle.

Innovation is viewed as another device, thought, or strategy for playing out an ongoing interaction. It is otherwise called developing something new or further developing something currently in present. Nurse innovators act as agents of change. They drive new procedures and use innovation to work on understanding considerations. Leaders likewise have areas of strength for construction with different experts in medical care. They can utilize an instrument we now have and track down an alternate reason for it. They can conceptualize groundbreaking plans to work on by and large persistent consideration and security (Williams et al., 2016). We are the foundation of medical care. Medical care is steadily evolving. New ideas are expected to continually adjust to changes. Nurse innovators make answers for existing cycles, better approaches to utilize current materials, as well as new purposes for innovation.

A2. Summary of community of practice from the CPE

A2. Outline of a local area of training from the CPE

A2a. Our county is a rural community with 21,000 residents, comprising overwhelmingly more seasoned Caucasian residents (89.2%) (Speedy Realities Lampasas Province, 2019). A fifth of the populace locally is uninsured, bringing about the trauma center being their trauma center and their essential doctor. Our people group likewise has a 12.4% neediness rate, making it remarkably difficult for some to bear the cost of medical services (Speedy Realities Lampasas Region, 2019).

A2b.Our office is a five-bed emergency room, which is the closest medical clinic for thirty miles. Contingent upon which course you head from our province, going south, the emergency clinic is 30min away, going west, the medical clinic is 40min away, and going north, the clinic is an hour away. Our emergency room balances out the patient surprisingly well and starts moving straightaway. We have no experts in our neighborhood. As may be obvious, we are a basic access office that serves numerous residents. Our patients are our main partners with the most current development.

A2c. Alongside our patients being key partners, our emergency room staff are key members in this advancement cycle. Emergency room doctors and trauma center attendants have consistently worked intently together to focus on the patients they experience. The trauma center staff’s conventional jobs will keep on being what they are prepared to do, which is conveying exceptional consideration to our patients through information, innovation, and experience. This telemedicine development will guarantee we give the greatest of care to our patients, diminishing obligation on the doctors and the medical clinic while working on quiet fulfillment/results. The casual job of trauma center staff is to go to schooling on the development, show others what they have realized, and be advertisers of their office. Neighborhood clinic organization plays a conventional part in supporting the development and being the wellspring of subsidizing for the machine. The production of telemedicine brought to our office will further develop the administrations the medical clinic can publicize and diminish responsibility for those with deadly results. Press Ganey assumes a huge part in emergency clinic financing and facilities, so further developing patient fulfillment will just make a positive difference. Alongside the acquisition of the gear, the organization will start strategies in regards to the legitimate advances included while involving the machine for the conference, another conventional job organization play. Their casual jobs would incorporate proceeding to be a piece of the confidence working for the development all through the medical clinic and offering their skill.

Clinical informatics plays a conventional part in guaranteeing all administrations are ready and keep on working appropriately every day. They will give appropriate networks and investigate all issues. This advancement won’t find true success without this gathering of people. Their casual job in our gathering is to address questions and offer help with the plan. Nurture instructors will be officially liable for preparing staff on the machine and teaching them legitimate advances when a meeting is requested. Teachers will be accessible for different kinds of feedback. Laying out a telemedicine champion in the emergency room could be helpful when teachers are not free. Preparing staff is perhaps the greatest obstacle and as a rule requires more than one meeting (Hamm et al., 2020). Their casual job is to talk with different offices with this sort of gear to get thoughts on the most proficient method to better our cycle. The other fundamental partner is the gathering of cardiologists that will give the interviews. Their proper preparation in cardiology is the skill we look for. Agreements will be set up with them through our executives, and a 1-800 number will be utilized to arrive at the doctor ready to come in case of an emergency. A specialist-to-specialist will be finished with the emergency room doctor and the cardiologist before they remoting in to see the patient. After the cardiologist’s evaluation, they will give their suggestions to the trauma center doctor to additional treat the patient. The cardiologist’s casual job is to visit the office and talk with our doctors before starting an agreement to see our framework and how we capability.

The fundamental objective for all partners included is to give the best consideration to our patients. Time is a muscle, and some have less extra time than others. Seeking appropriate treatment at all measures of time is everybody’s objective.

A3. Internal and external factors that prompted the proposal

Twenty percent of the populace in our community are uninsured, coming about within the ER being their crisis room and their essential physician. Our community moreover contains a 12.4% poverty rate, making it nearly impossible for some to manage and afford to manage bear healthcare (Fast Actualities Lampasas County, 2019). Our office may be a five-bed ER, which is the closest hospital for thirty miles. On a regular move, there are two nurses and one ER doctor each day. We don’t have specialists that can quickly see our patients within the ER. Anything that requires more than emergency intervention is exchanged to another office. We have a surgery office but no specialist on staff to see patients. We have a cardiologist on staff, but he sees patients one day a week. When we have a psych quiet come in, we call the emergency hotline, and they have 8 hours from the time of the call to be at our office to see the quiet. Patients with stroke side effects have no neurologist on staff to see them prescribe encouraged treatment.

A5. Innovation Alignment

Proposed Innovation

Telemedicine has not been a critical piece of the clinical field until Coronavirus turned out to be so uncontrolled. It has been around since the 1960s, however, is seldom utilized. The innovation accessible to us for a long time has not been brought to the very front until our new pandemic. 76% of U.S. emergency clinics talk with professionals about the utilization of PCs and innovation. “Restricted Federal medical insurance inclusion obstructs the development of telehealth administrations. Current rule confines most telehealth administrations to patients situated in country regions and unambiguous settings (like a medical clinic or doctor’s office), covers just a set number of administrations, and permits just ongoing, two-way video meeting capacities, with restricted special cases, for example, tele-stroke. Changes required to incorporate the broad end of geographic and setting areas necessities so patients beyond rustic regions can profit from telehealth; extending the kinds of innovation that can be utilized, including remote checking; and covering all administrations that are protected to give, instead of a little rundown of supported administrations” (Truth Sheet: Telehealth, 2019, p. 2). The pandemic has expected a lift to these specific principles yet will be returning into impact from now on (Hamm et al., 2020). Telemedicine is the method representing things to come. Medical clinics ought to be permitted to offer this support unafraid of delinquency from the insurance agency. Federal medical insurance is the most reduced payer for teleservices and was just paying for these administrations in country regions until the ongoing pandemic (Kuehn, 2016).

Discussion of Internal and External Factors

Twenty percent of the population in our community are uninsured, resulting in the ER being their emergency room and their primary physician. Our people group likewise has a 12.4% neediness rate, making it exceptionally difficult for some to bear the cost of medical care (Fast Realities LampasasDistrict, 2019). Our office is a five-bed emergency room, which is the closest clinic for thirty miles. On a normal shift, there are two attendants and one emergency room doctor every day. We don’t have subject matter experts that can quickly see our patients in the trauma center. Whatever requires more than crisis mediation is moved to another office. We have a medical procedure office however no specialist on staff to see patients. We have a cardiologist on staff, yet he sees patients one day seven days. When we have a psych patient come in, we call the emergency hotline, and they have 8hours from the time of the call to be at our office to see the patient. Patients with stroke side effects have no nervous system specialist on staff to see them and suggest further treatment like TPA. Contingent upon which bearing your head from our province, going south, the emergency clinic is 30min away, going west, the medical clinic is 40min away, and going north, the medical clinic is an hour away. Our trauma center settles the patient surprisingly well and starts moving straightaway. We have no subject matter experts in our neighborhood you can see. We are a basic access office that serves numerous residents and could benefit significantly from a development like this.

Alignment to Strategic Initiatives

Telemedicine has not been a significant part of the medical field until Covid-19 became so rampant. It has been around since the 1960s but is rarely used. The technology available to us for many years has not been brought to the forefront until our recent pandemic. Seventy-six percent of U.S. hospitals consult with practitioners about the use of computers and technology. Limited Medicare coverage impedes the expansion of telehealth services. The current statute restricts most telehealth services to patients located in rural areas and specific settings (such as a hospital or physician’s office), covers only a limited number of services, and allows only real-time, two-way video conference capabilities, with limit