Course Code: REL-ACU-0-TBD
Hours: 1
Type: Online Course
Content Expiration Date: 12/31/2025
Learning Objectives:
Recall basic tick biology and behavior, and geographic areas where tickborne diseases are most common.
Define common tickborne diseases and methods for preventing exposure.
Name best practices for recognizing, diagnosing, and treating tickborne diseases.
Outline:
Section 1: Introduction
About This Course
Learning Objectives
Section 2: Overview of Ticks
Vector-Borne Disease
Life Cycle and Transmission
Specific Tick Characteristics
Prevention
Tick Removal
Section 3: Tickborne Disease
Considerations for Healthcare Providers
Section 4: Bacterial Diseases
Lyme Disease
Borrelia Miyamotoi Disease
Anaplasmosis (Previously known as Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis)
Human Monocytic Ehrlichiosis (HME)
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RMSF)
Rickettsia parkeri Rickettsiosis
Tularemia (Rabbit Fever)
Section 5: Parasitic Diseases
Babesiosis
Section 6: Arboviruses
Heartland Virus Diseases (HRTV)
Bourbon Virus Diseases (BRBV)
Colorado Tick Fever Virus (CTFV)
Powassan Virus Disease (POWV)
Treatment of Arboviruses
Section 7: Other Tickborne Illness
Alpha Gal Syndrome (AGS)
Southern Tick-Associated Rash Illness (STARI)
Section 8: Clinical Vignette
The Great Outdoors
Section 9: Conclusion
Course Summary
Course Contributor
Resource
References
Writer: Emily Allen
Emily is a graduate of UNC Wilmington, where she earned an MSN in Nursing Education in 2021. She is an experienced perianesthesia care unit (PACU) nurse and has cared for a wide variety of inpatient and ambulatory surgical patients. Emily has served as a Charge Nurse in UNC’s Ambulatory Care PACU and holds her CPAN certification from the American Board of Perianesthesia Nursing Certification (ABPANC). Her passion for education has led her to a position as a content writer at Relias.
Target Audience:
The target audience for this course is: Medical Providers; Nursing Personnel; Pharmacists; in the following settings: Hospitals: Acute.
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Course Delivery Method and Format
Asynchronous Distance Learning with interactivity which includes quizzes with questions/answers, and posttests.