Nursing Zika Virus in the Americas

Question: Discuss about the Article of Nursing for Zika Virus in the Americas. Answer: The article is all about the spreading of the Zika-virus in Utah, (OMAHA, 2016). The case referred in this article is that of a son who got infected by the virus while taking care of his father, who was already infected by the said virus.it happened to be the first Zika case of the infected place. He stayed by his fathers side who was admitted in the hospital. The medical team stated that the level of the virus in the blood of the old man was remarkably 100,000 times higher than the other infected persons. The son may have got infected through the tears or sweat of his father. An infectious disease specialist of Utah, Sankar Swaminathan stated that the son had come to the contact with the skin of his father or had wiped his eyes without gloves which made him infected. No report of Zika infection had been made by any of the family members or by the health care workers. This report has been published in The New England Journal of Medicine, (NEJM, 2016). The virus levels in the blood of the patients who have extreme Zika infection are unparalleled. The infection from such patient may get transmitted through the body fluids. He had these symptoms after he got bitten by mosquitoes in the South West Coast of Mexico In a general case, the doctors consider these symptoms for sepsis or pneumonia, but will not think of Zika. After this case, the doctors should think of Zika virus if the patient is having these symptoms and was also been exposed to a Zika-infected pace. The nurses should also have the knowledge of the Zika virus and its way of transmission and also should have the knowledge of the symptoms, so that they can take proper care of the infected patients. In order to take care of the Zika-infected patients in the hospitals, all the health care workers should take proper care of themselves by wearing gloves and masks (Medlineplus, 2016). Reference Medlineplus. (2016). Medlineplus- Zika Virus. Retrieved October 01, 2016, from medlineplus.gov: medlineplus.gov Health Topics Nejm. (2016). Zika Virus in the Americas. Retrieved October 01, 2016, from nejm.org: www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1600297 Omaha. (2016). Live well Nebraska. Retrieved October 01, 2016, from omaha: www.omaha.com