Nursing

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Introduction

The purpose of this field experience is to expose you to local and global community health responses to communicable disease and outbreak prevention. In this field experience, we want you to engage with licensed community health care professionals (you are required to engage with at least 2 licensed healthcare professionals) to learn about the selected communicable disease prevention from their perspectives.

Note: You may not log any work on your field project until you have completed and passed C228 Task 1.

Acceptable Activities Types

Observation

Students are permitted to observe licensed community health care professionals knowledgeable in preventing the selected disease. Use the list below to help determine recommended licensed community professionals.

Site Visit

Students are permitted to visit relevant sites to obtain information on how the site assists with the primary prevention of the selected disease. The listed contact person should be someone in authority that is affiliated with the site.

Unacceptable Activities

Students are NOT permitted to document paid working time, work related training, webinars/online courses/online training, in-person training/classes, Continuing Education Units (CEUs), research hours, time spent writing the paper, time spent scheduling activities, site visits to grocery/retail establishments, site visits to restaurants, site visits to physical activity establishments, phone/email interviews, group interviews, interviews with nonprofessionals/community members, interviews with minors, independent observations of people, park assessments, and participation/observation of sporting events.

Recommended Sites/Community Professionals

This is not a comprehensive list. Please reach out to your Course Instructor for questions or clarification on selecting appropriate sites or licensed community health care professionals not listed below.

Influenza

Sites	Community Professionals
Public Health Department	School Nurse
Homeless Shelters	Primary Care Physician
Correctional Facility	Public Health Nurse
Mobile Clinics	Employee/Occupational Health Nurse
Skilled Nursing Facility	Visiting Nurse
Immunization/Vaccination Clinics
Pharmacy (Vaccinations)

Measles

Sites	Community Professionals
Public Health Department	School Nurse
WIC/Pregnancy Centers (Vaccinations)	Pediatrician
Public/Private Schools	Pediatric Nurse
Daycares	Public Health Nurse
Immunization/Vaccination Clinics
Pharmacy (Vaccinations)

Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus

Sites	Community Professionals
Public Health Department	School Nurse
Correctional Facility	Public Health Nurse
Home Health Agencies	Parish Nurse
Mobile Clinics	Visiting Nurse
Skilled Nursing Facility	Hospice Nurse
Assisted Living Facility	Employee/Occupational Health Nurse
Homeless Shelters
Immunization/Vaccination Clinics
Pharmacy (Vaccinations)

HIV/AIDS

Sites	Community Professionals
College/University Student Health Department	Middle/High School Nurse
Public Health Department	Public Health Nurse
Correctional Facility	Hospice Nurse
	Home Health Nurse
	Parish Nurse
	Visiting Nurse

Ebola

Sites	Community Professionals
Public Health Department	Emergency Department Nurse
Airports	Infectious Disease Nurse/Physician
Immigrant or Refugee Centers	Public Health Nurse
Regional CDC

Tuberculosis

Sites	Community Professionals
Public Health Department	Infectious Disease Nurse/Physician
College/University Student Health Department	Employee/Occupational Health Nurse
Immigrant or Refugee Centers	Public Health Nurse
Correctional Facility	School Nurse
Indian Health Services
Public/Private Schools

Zika Virus

Sites	Community Professionals
WIC/Pregnancy Centers	Women’s Health Nurse
Public Health Department	Infectious Disease Nurse/Physician
Water Sanitation Department	Obstetrician
Environmental Protection Agency	Public Health Nurse