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Infectious Disease

AANP Resources by TherapeuticArea

American Association of Nurse Practitioners - Infectious Disease

CE Courses

  • Advanced Hepatitis C Treatment: The NP’s Role in Eradicating the Disease in the Community

    This presentation provides the NP with a guide that encompasses how and when to screen for hepatitis C, current treatment modalities, when to refer to transplant, treatment of complicated populations with HCV and education of the patient for long-term management of chronic liver disease.

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  • Mumps: A Call for Vigilance

    Mumps is a viral infectious disease that historically was a common childhood illness. The mumps vaccine, first licensed in 1967, has successfully decreased the number of cases to the point that mumps is no longer a frequently encountered disease. Prior to the mumps vaccine program, approximately 186,000 cases of mumps were reported each year in the UnitedStated (US). Even with the sporadic clusters of re-emergence, there has been a 99% decrease in the number of reported cases since the inception of the vaccination program. As of July 15, 2017, there have been 3,886 cases of mumps reported this year in 45 states, making it a clinically relevant, though not prevalent, illness. Although not a new illness, many healthcare providers may not have diagnosed or treated patients diagnosed with mumps. Here, we provide vital information to nurse practitioners, so they may adequately diagnose and treat mumps as well as remain vigilant in their surveillance of such an old virus that continues to infect individuals today.

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  • Preventing New HIV Infections with Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that there were 37,600 new HIV infections in 2014. Pre-exposureprophylaxis (PrEP) is a highly effective tool for the prevention of new HIV infections that was approved by the FDA in 2012. PrEP is largely under utilized by primary care providers. This clinical feature addresses provider barriers that impede prescribing PrEP to high-risk patients and provides a straightforward approach for nurse practitioners to offer PrEP in the primary care setting.

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NP Tools and Resources

AANP-developed Resources to Support NPs in Treating Your Patients

Patient Education Tools andResources

Vaccinations

Meningococcal VaccineInformation Tent

To increase awareness of the MenB vaccine, AANP developed a colorful 7” x 5” trifold informational tent with a concise review of meningococcal disease, signs/symptoms, and prevention through MenACWY and MenBvaccines. This tent can be printed, folded, taped and placed in the waiting room or exam rooms where patients and parents of adolescents will read it to initiate questions and conversations about meningococcal disease prevention with their health care provider

Supported by an educationalgrant from Pfizer.

Hepatitis C

Hepatitis C HALO Patient Tool

Download, print and distribute this self-care guide to your patients after they are cured to give them easy to reference answers to common questions and tips for keeping their liver healthy long-term.

HALO concept courtesy of Southern California GI and Liver Centers, Coronado, CA.

External Resources

Conveniently Curated Information from Other Top Sources

There are many resources available for both patients and providers and we have listed some of them below for your convenience. Inclusion of these links does not imply AANP endorsement.

Ebola

Hepatitis C

Measles

Vaccination

  • Adolescent Vaccination: Provides resources and professional tools highlighting the importance of vaccination to protect US adolescents from vaccine-preventable diseases and supporting a comprehensive approach to improving vaccination rates. Information is available for the general public, healthcare professionals, and media.
  • Adult Vaccination: Provides information on the impact of infectious diseases on adults and vaccines available to provide protection. Resources include disease-specific background sheets and healthcare professionals practice toolkits. Select materials are available in Spanish. Information is available for the general public, healthcare professionals, and media.
  • Childhood Influenza Immunization Coalition: Provides pediatric-focused information and resources on seasonal influenza and vaccination for consumers, healthcare professionals and the media.
  • Immunization Action Coalition (IAC) Express Weekly email that provides new and updated vaccine recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) and new vaccine licensures from the Food & Drug Administration (FDA).
  • 2019 Immunization Schedules: The 2019 adult and adolescent immunization schedules are available online via the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Additional resources for health care providers are also available, including vaccine safety, storage, administration and standards.

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