Global Health Case Study

Global Health Case Study

GLOBAL HEALTH CASE STUDY

The Global Health Case Study assignment is an individual assignment. It is to be written in narrative format per APA,
7th edition. A title page and reference page are required. A minimum of three references is required to support your
responses. The paper will be based on the following case study scenario.

Case Study Scenario

You are a new nursing graduate assigned to a busy Emergency Department (ED) at a level I Trauma Center. The ED has
just been notified by local EMS that a multiple vehicle pile-up on the interstate has just occurred with several injuries.
The first victim to arrive in your ED is a middle age man who arrived back into the United States this from visiting family in
France. The family met the injured father at the ED with the ambulance. The non-traditional family consists of two fathers,
aged 40 and 38, an adopted teenaged 17 year old son, and 5 year old adopted fraternal twins (one boy, one girl). None of
their injuries appear life threatening. As an intake nurse interviewing the family, you observe that the 38 year old father has
difficulty breathing, nasal congestion, headache, swollen lymph nodes, and extreme fatigue. On visual inspection, you find he
has a scaly rash that looks like pimples or blisters on his face, chest and hands. He says he first noticed the rash two days
before his return home. He describes the area as painful and itchy. You notify the ED physician immediately.
You assess the 38 year old father. You find the father has a fever of 103.2, complaints nasal congestion, and headache. The
father states that he thinks he may have caught a cold from the cold airplane air. When asked about the rash, the patient
states that he thought they were reactions to mosquito bites he may have received while visiting France. He further stated
during the trip he attended quite a few lively outdoor family reunion. No other family members have signs or symptoms.
Diagnostics testing test for monkeypox virus infection was ordered.

This was the first case of monkeypox the facility or the physician has encountered. Therefore, the physician and the infectious
disease team contact the Laboratory Response Network (LRN) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for
guidance.

You ask about the timeline of the family activities before the father’s travel to the family reunion. The traveling father his trip
four weeks ago. The 40 year old father worked from home as a data analysis expert. He cooked for the entire family and they
ate at home. The 38 year old father is a tax attorney and travels extensively for his company. The son 17 year old son likes
extreme sports and rides his skateboard at the local public park. He starts his senior year of high school this fall. The twins are
home schooled by the 40 year old father.

Based on the above information, answer the following questions in narrative format:
1. What laboratory procedures would be indicated in this scenario?
2. Discuss infectivity. What, if any, infectivity issues would be different for this family based on the global location?
3. Discuss pathogenicity. What, if any, pathogenicity issues would be different for this family based on the global location?
4. What, if any, antigenicity issues would be different for this family based on the global location?
5. What, if any, virulence issues would be different for this family based on the global location?
6. Describe in narrative form what each step of Chain of Transmission would look like for this family?
7. What nursing actions would the public health nurse consider when caring for a patient potentially infected with?
Monkeypox?
8. What primary prevention strategies would the public health nurse provide to a family of this composition? Include
teaching for each family member and what would be different.
9. What is unique about the Monkeypox outbreak for 2022?
10. What is the current vaccine protocol for each family member?

Required references in completing the Case Study:
· CDC
· World Health Organization
· Course textbook