NR 503 Final Exam Study Guide Chapter 16-20 A large company institutes a new wellness program aimed at improving the health of its 50,000 employees. As a part of the program, all employees are given physical examinations and screening tests. One of the tests given to male employees is the prostate specific antigen (PSA) test with all employees testing positive being referred to their private physician for a thorough examination involving the standard test, a digital rectal examination (DRE). Wha...

NR 503 Week 3 Discussion, Current Event This week we will explore current events related to epidemiology. You will present a scientific article to the class. Please focus on interpreting the research question, methodology, results, and conclusions from a sample of peer-reviewed scientific literature. Please be sure the article is related to epidemiology, summarizing its contents for the class, and providing a succinct written summary. Current events must have been published within the last six ...

NR 503 Study Guide for Final Exam Objectives of epidemiology Define, compare, calculate, and interpret Measures of Morbidity Understand why incidence data are important for measuring risk. Define, compare, calculate, and interpret Measures of Mortality Assess the Validity and Reliability of Diagnostic and Screening Tests Epidemiologic transition Study designs (case-control, cross sectional, prospective and retrospective cohort, clinical trial) Causal Inferences Understand the guidelines for det...

NR 503 Key Concept and Relative Risk Calculation Answer Key Define Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary prevention. Define the following: Clinical Disease Preclinical Disease Subclinical Disease Persistent (Chronic) Disease Latent Disease Match the following terms with their definition: Pandemic Endemic Common-Vehicle Exposure Epidemic Herd Immunity What is the one medical advance that is associated with the Black Death in Europe in the late 1300’s? Define, through a fractional represen...

NR 503 Midterm Exam – Epidemiology Question and Answers NR 503 Midterm Exam – Epidemiology The population of a city on February 15, 2005, was 36,600. The city has a passive surveillance system that collects hospital and private physician reports of influenza cases every month. During the period between January 1 and April 1, 2005, 2,200 new cases of influenza occurred in the city. Of these cases, 775 persons were ill with influenza according to surveillance reports on April 1, 2005. The prev...

NR 503 Week 1 Assignment, Healthy People 2020 Impact (Heart Disease) Criteria for Content Select a topic of interest from Healthy People 2020. Provide an overview of the topic along with the Healthy People 2020 goal for the problem. Identify a program aimed at reducing morbidity and mortality for that problem on a city, county, or statewide level. In a one to two page summary, address the following. a. Identify the problem b. Provide an overview of the problem c. Review of epidemiologic and demo...

NR 503 Week 5 Assignment, Infectious Disease Paper – Chickenpox Criteria for Content Apply the concepts of epidemiology to a communicable disease.Choose one communicable disease from the following list: Chickenpox Tuberculosis Influenza Mononucleosis Hepatitis B HIV Chlamydia Gonorrhea Syphillis Measles Pertussis INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING IN YOUR ASSIGNMENT: Description of the communicable disease (causes, symptoms, mode of transmission, complications, treatment) and the demographic of interest...