Common Biting Insects
Common Biting Insects is organized by Nurse.com - OnCourse Learning Corporation.
Course Originally Released on: 06/22/2021
Date of Most Recent Review: 6/22/2021
Course Termination/ Update Date : 06/30/2024
Description :
Most people go through life without noticing insects unless they are irritated, bitten, or stung by one of them. Yet insects are the dominant and most successful animal life form on earth. They represent more than half of all known living organisms. This course describes four common biting insects that use human blood as a source of food. It will also include information on the brown recluse spider, a spider that is often blamed for skin lesions across the country, even in areas where none are known to exist (Vetter, 2018).
Goal and Learning Outcomes :
The goal of this course is to educate nursing professionals in acute care about common biting bugs. After taking this course, you should be able to:
• Describe detection, identification, bite symptoms and transmission of bed bugs, scabies, head lice, and midges.
• Explain how and why brown recluse spider bites are often misdiagnosed.
