STD Healthy People 2020 Discussion: Genital Herpes

Purpose

The purpose of this assignment is for learners to:

• Have the opportunity to integrate knowledge and skills learned throughout all core courses in the FNP track and previous clinical courses using the Healthy People 2020 goals.
• Demonstrate an advancing understanding of Sexual Transmitted Infections (STD’s)
• Demonstrate the ability to create an action plan that can be implemented as an FNP
• Demonstrate professional communication and leadership, while advancing the education of peers.

Requirements

For Week 7 Discussion, you will discuss an action plan that can be disseminated to your patient population as an FNP. This action plan will be developed on the assigned STD (Sexually Transmitted Disease) standard that is assigned to you by your instructor. The STD Standards are based on the Healthy People 2020 Goals: Promote healthy sexual behaviors, strengthen community capacity, and increase access to quality services to prevent sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and their complications.

Initial Presentation:

List the STD Standard that you were assigned and give a complete background of your STD,  signs and symptoms, treatments per current clinical guidelines, follow-up, and possible psychological issues that may present. Also include any side effects of medication or the disease itself. You will also go to the CDC website and find your local statistics for the STD.

Interactive Dialogue with Peers:

• Post to two peer’s discussions. Post should For each peer response, Discuss local statistics (from your area) for your peer's assigned STI
• offer at least one evidence based action plan that is measurable and could be implemented in the community to decrease the incidence of that STI.
•  Discuss at least one opposition or barrier they may come across with the proposed action plan.

Interactive Dialogue with Faculty:

• Respond to faculty question(s) posted to your initial posting and to two faculty questions that are posted to a peer's initial post and questions posted in general to the class . Use references to support all of your responses. 

Clinical Case Presentation Summary Criteria:

Post a summary reply to your initial post. You will create three (3) evidence based action plans that you can apply in your practice/community that will help to decrease the incidence of the STD you were assigned. You may create all three evidence based action plans or you may create one on your own and use two of the evidence action plans that were recommended to you by your peers.