The purpose of this course is to outline the incidence, transmission, symptoms, treatment, and preventive methods related to tick-borne diseases in the United States.
Course Publication Date:
September 10, 2021
This course is available with
NO ADDITIONAL FEE if you have an active
one year unlimited membership!
| Author: | Wanda Lockwood RN, BA, MA |
| Course No: | TBI060421 |
| Contact Hours: | 5.00 |
| Delivery Method: | Online Self Study |
| Category: | Medical & Surgical Issues
Community & Home Health
Critical Care Medicine
Emergency & Trauma Medicine
Pediatric Medicine
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Learning Objectives
List 3 distinct life stages of hard ticks.
List 11 tick-borne diseases.
Discuss methods to prevent tick bites.
Explain the method for removing a feeding tick.
Discuss the symptoms and treatment for babesiosis.
Describe the treatment for ehrlichiosis.
Discuss possibilities of co-infection with human anaplasmosis.
Describe the symptoms related to different stages of Lyme disease.
List treatment options for Lyme disease.
Discuss the classic triad of symptoms related to spotted fever rickettsias, such as Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
Explain the difference between Lyme disease and Southern tick-associated rash illness (STARI).
List 3 methods of transmission of Q fever.
List and discuss 6 types of tularemia.
Explain what is meant by an arbovirus.
Explain beginning and advanced symptoms of Powassan encephalitis.
Describe Phase I and Phase II of the fever cycles related to Colorado tick fever.
Describe the series of phases that are collectively known as a crisis in tick-borne relapsing fever.