NR 503 Midterm Exam Questions and
Answers (2026) | Complete Midterm
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• define social determinants of health -✓✓access to cleanliness of water food and
air / other environmental influences
• the US preventative services task force (USPSTF) recommending women who
have a known family hx of mutations in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes be tested or
consult genetics counseling is an example of what HP 2020 added goal -
✓✓genomics guidelines
• what is the adolescent health goal initiative added in the HP 2020 -✓✓USPSTF
recommends screening for HIV in high risk groups
• the USPSTF recommends screening all newborns for sickle cell disease -- this is
an example of which HP 2020 initiative -✓✓blood disorders and safety
• Define epidemiology -✓✓The study of the distribution and determinants of
health-related states or events in specified populations, and the application of this
study to the control of health problems.
• what is the "triad" of disease or infection -✓✓host agent environment
• diseases with short or long incubation periods tend to have increased rates of
transmission -✓✓long - because often it is spread while patients are asymptomatic
,• nurse who founded the red cross and served as a nurse in the civil war -✓✓Clara
Barton
• nurse who developed the idea that environment and social phenomena could be
measured and analyzed and was applicable to patient health -✓✓florence
nightengale
• nurse in KY that started the Frontier nursing services -✓✓mary breckinridge
• the ACA was enacted in -✓✓2010
• What was the Affordable Care Act? -✓✓protect patients from being denied
insurance necessary
creation of markets for insurance
• according to CMS (center for medicaid) what are the 3 reasons that healthcare
spending is growing faster than the GDP -✓✓income growth
aging population
increasing cost of medical services and supplies
• what are 2 indicators used to measure a country's health -✓✓life expectancy at
birth
, infant mortality
• what are 2 things that IOM hypothesizes are contributing to the low health
indicator scores in the US -✓✓poor data collection and reporting on statistics
poor collection and publishing of information on risk factors for chronic disease
• science of public health -✓✓epidemiology
• composed of multiple aggregates -✓✓community
• what is an aggregate in public health -✓✓a subset of the population
• compiled information -✓✓data
• morbidity -✓✓Refers to ill health in an individual and the levels of ill health in a
population or group.
• incidence of disease -✓✓the number of new cases of a disease in a given area or
population during a given period of time
• existence of current cases in a timeframe -✓✓prevalence
• defined population is an.... -✓✓aggregate
Answers (2026) | Complete Midterm
Review Pack | Verified Q&A | A+
• define social determinants of health -✓✓access to cleanliness of water food and
air / other environmental influences
• the US preventative services task force (USPSTF) recommending women who
have a known family hx of mutations in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes be tested or
consult genetics counseling is an example of what HP 2020 added goal -
✓✓genomics guidelines
• what is the adolescent health goal initiative added in the HP 2020 -✓✓USPSTF
recommends screening for HIV in high risk groups
• the USPSTF recommends screening all newborns for sickle cell disease -- this is
an example of which HP 2020 initiative -✓✓blood disorders and safety
• Define epidemiology -✓✓The study of the distribution and determinants of
health-related states or events in specified populations, and the application of this
study to the control of health problems.
• what is the "triad" of disease or infection -✓✓host agent environment
• diseases with short or long incubation periods tend to have increased rates of
transmission -✓✓long - because often it is spread while patients are asymptomatic
,• nurse who founded the red cross and served as a nurse in the civil war -✓✓Clara
Barton
• nurse who developed the idea that environment and social phenomena could be
measured and analyzed and was applicable to patient health -✓✓florence
nightengale
• nurse in KY that started the Frontier nursing services -✓✓mary breckinridge
• the ACA was enacted in -✓✓2010
• What was the Affordable Care Act? -✓✓protect patients from being denied
insurance necessary
creation of markets for insurance
• according to CMS (center for medicaid) what are the 3 reasons that healthcare
spending is growing faster than the GDP -✓✓income growth
aging population
increasing cost of medical services and supplies
• what are 2 indicators used to measure a country's health -✓✓life expectancy at
birth
, infant mortality
• what are 2 things that IOM hypothesizes are contributing to the low health
indicator scores in the US -✓✓poor data collection and reporting on statistics
poor collection and publishing of information on risk factors for chronic disease
• science of public health -✓✓epidemiology
• composed of multiple aggregates -✓✓community
• what is an aggregate in public health -✓✓a subset of the population
• compiled information -✓✓data
• morbidity -✓✓Refers to ill health in an individual and the levels of ill health in a
population or group.
• incidence of disease -✓✓the number of new cases of a disease in a given area or
population during a given period of time
• existence of current cases in a timeframe -✓✓prevalence
• defined population is an.... -✓✓aggregate
