learning Objectives - Describe the nursing management of patients with communicable diseases. Demonstrate skill in providing interventions for patients with communicable the nurse’s role in various national control/ Eradication Programme of communicable diseases.
Hours - 10
Teaching and Learning Activities - Lecture cum discussion Role play Participate in immunisation campaign
Assessment Methods - Short answer Objective type Essay type Assessment with clinical checklist
Content of the chapter
a) Assessment
– History
– Physical examination
– Diagnostic tests
b) Review of infection, mode of transmission,
its prevention and control
c) Preparation, care and administration of anti
sera and vaccinesIsolation,
d) Management of various infection diseases
caused by Virus;
– Measles
– Chicken pox
– Swine flu
– Ebola
– Dengue
– Chicken guinea
– Influenza
– Mumps
– Encephalitis
– Infective hepatitis
– Poliomyelitis
– Rabies
– AIDS
Caused by Bacteria;
– Diphtheria
– Whooping cough
– Tetanus
– Typhoid
– Dysentery
– Gastroenteritis
– Cholera
– Meningococcal Meningitis
– Tuberculosis
– Plague
– Leptospirosis
Vector borne diseases;
– Malaria
– Filariasis
– Yellow fever
– Dengue
– Any other prevailing diseases
e) Alternate therapies
f) Drugs used in treatment of communicable
disorders