new disease

[hollyandsky]

( i posted this in the student forum with no replies:( so i was hoping a experianced nurse could help thanks)

hi everyone i am in a pct class and we have a presentation to do tomorrow about new disease its not graded and had nothing to do with what we are learning but she feels it will help us with our presentation skills out "in the real world" i googled some stuff but cant find anything can anyone give me some ideas but not swine flu 3 are already doing that i want to do something totally different thanks in advance

[bagladyrn, RN]

This is kind of silly, but definitely new - just saw something today about "cell phone elbow". Might be a fun one to present if it's not graded.

[pedirn1]

I know it's not considered 'new' but I think the area of antibiotic resistant bacteria (MRSA, VRE etc.) is likely to become an even bigger problem than it already is in our near future. I would do some reasearch on even newer bacteria that is starting to become resistant. I have always found intrest in this type of stuff (esp. since I work on an infectious disease floor). Good luck to you!

[hollyandsky]

to bagladyrn i love it thank you so much i googled it and got good info and a pic so awesome again thank you so much

[bagladyrn, RN]

to bagladyrn i love it thank you so much i googled it and got good info and a pic so awesome again thank you so much

Let us know how your presentation goes over!

[KY RN]

What about the new virus in Africa? It is in the same family as the Ebola virus.

[Neveranurseagain, RN]

:vlin:

What about the new virus in Africa? It is in the same family as the Ebola virus.

Google Lujo virus

[Byaggha]

What about the new virus in Africa? It is in the same family as the Ebola virus.

I was going to suggest that one too. Lujo is apparently something like Ebola's bigger, badder cousin - very scary and neat reading.

[mizfradd, CNA]

The cell phone elbow idea is interesting, but it's not a disease, it's a syndrome.