Mortality and morbidity rates for infectious diseases vary greatly by geographical location. World Health Organization (WHO) statistics provide striking documentation that deaths due to infectious diseases are much higher in poor countries than in the countries with the highest income levels. It is particularly striking that malaria and tuberculosis are significant causes of death in low-resource countries, whereas these diseases are rarely fatal in wealthy countries. Other infectious diseases that significantly cause death in low-resource countries are pneumonia, diarrhea, and HIV infection. The top ten causes of death in lower and middle-resource countries In lower and middle-resource countries also include lower respiratory infections, tuberculosis, and diarrheal diseases. 

1. Define infection and identify the differences between colonization and infection, giving specific examples of each.

2. How does infection start, and what is the usual course?

3. What factors influence the course of an infection? Give specific examples of different trajectories of infection.

Select a research study identified in chapter 13 and go to the literature to find its original source. Describe: a) how the theory of self-reliance is presented in the manuscript, b) what concepts are being studied and c) how the findings guide practice.

Create a discussion of a minimum of 300 words with the following

What is the most likely diagnosis for a patient with the following CBC findings? WBC: 8.8 × 103/µl; RBC: 3.01 × 103/µl; Hgb: 10.3 g/dL; Hct: 32.2%; MCV: 74 fL; MCHC: 28.3 g/dL; Plt: 400 × 103/µl; RDW: 18.4%; Reticulocytes: 2.1%.

Identify which anemia is the patient experiencing, which tests should be ordered and what type of treatment should be followed.

.CULTURAL CHILDBIRTH PRACTICES Find a scholarly article which discusses cultural childbirth practices. Select one that relates to any culture worldwide except your own culture and culture within the USA. 

Provide a summary of the article, compare the findings of the article to the cultural childbirth practices within the USA. Give at least three ways in which you the nurse will be able to incorporate that country’s cultural practice into your nursing practice.  

Complete and post to the Cultural Childbirth Folder by the due date. 

Be sure to review and follow the Scholarly Writing Guidelines which are in the “Announcements, ” and use the Template which is in D2L.