Competency
Apply the principles of therapeutic communication that facilitate interactions between clients and healthcare providers.
Scenario
Due to an epidemic of strep throat that has recently occurred in the community that Rassy Medical Center serves, the clinic has been forced to open earlier and close later to accommodate that amount of patients that have needed to be seen. The clinic is attempting to assist all of their patients promptly and efficiently, but the long hours have taken a toll on the staff in spite of sending informational voice messages to the patients regarding the epidemic.
The fields of medicine and technology have increasingly paired up to present medical issues via social media. This may help to communicate this issue to the patients and the community.

Instructions
Create a series of social media posts to present the strep throat epidemic to the community. Include images (where appropriate) and text that will clearly and effectively communicate the infectious spread of the strep throat bacteria. The details of the actual announcement are yours to decide. These posts will not be live posts and should be created and submitted in a Word document, PowerPoint presentation, or PDF file.
Be sure to include the following:
2 Facebook posts
2 Instagram posts
2 Tweets (Twitter)
Preventable health measures
When to make an appointment with a healthcare provider

Resources
For assistance with creating Facebook posts, please visit this Facebook resource .
For assistance with creating Instagram posts, please visit this Instagram resource .
For assistance with creating Twitter posts (tweets), please visit this Twitter resource .
For additional writing assistance, please visit the Rasmussen College Writing Guide.