NR-503 Midterm Exam Study Guide Graded A 2024

vital statistics The collection, tabulation, and interpretation of data concerning birth, marriage, divorce, sickness, and death. Morbidity presence of illness in population mortality related to tracking of deaths in a population cases people afflicted (those who are sick) social justice justice in terms of the distribution of wealth, opportunities, and privileges within a society. Epidemiology the branch of medicine that deals with the incidence, distribution, and possible control of diseases and other factors relating to health. Population Health health outcomes of a group of people, and the distribution of those outcomes within the group Incidence number of new cases Prevalence The number or proportion of cases of a particular disease or condition present in a population at a within a specific time frame Outcomes End result that follows an intervention Inter-professional collaboration Health professionals work together in small groups providing care. Examples: oncology, OR, end of life or primary care. Healthy People 2020 A set of disease prevention and health promotion objectives for Americans to meet during the second decade of the new millennium. Determinants of health Factors that raise or lower a level of health in a population or individual. Determinants of health help to explain or predict trends in health and why some groups have better or worse health than others. Campaign for Action mobilizes nurses, health providers, consumers to strengthen nursing through policy changes. Goal based on IOM future of nursing report. primary intervention process of altering susceptibility or reducing exposure to prevent disease prior to the person getting it, ex: immunizations, tobacco prevention initiatives secondary intervention early detection of disease or risk factors and intervention during an asymptomatic phase, ex: pap smear, rapid HIV, annual cholesterol test tertiary intervention an intervention that occurs after the initial occurrence of symptoms but before irreversible disability occurs, ex: cardiac rehab programs aggregate defined population community composed of multiple aggregates high risk populations Certain groups of people who have a higher risk of getting an illness than others Validity The ability of a test to measure what it is intended to measure specificity The ability of the test to identify correctly those who do not have the disease.