NUR529 EXAM 3 CERTIFICATION REVIEW
SET 2026 ANSWERS GUARANTEED PASS
⫸ morphology Answer: Refers to the fundamental structure or form of
cells or tissues. Changes are concerned with both the gross anatomic and
microscopic changes that are characteristic of a disease.
⫸ Histology Answer: Deals with the study of the cells and extracellular
matrix of body tissues. Sections play an important role in the diagnosis
of many types of cancers.
⫸ Clinical Manifestation Answer: make it evident that the person is sick
(fever)
⫸ Diagnosis Answer: Designation as to the nature or cause of a health
problem. Requires a careful history, physical examination, and
diagnostic tests.
⫸ Clinical Course Answer: Describes the evolution of a disease. A
disease can have an acute, subacute, or chronic course. Acute disorder is
relatively severe, but self-limiting. Chronic disease implies a continuous,
long-term process. Subacute disease is an intermediate or between acute
and chronic; not as severe as an acute disease and not as prolonged as a
chronic disease.
,⫸ Primary Prevention Answer: directed at keeping disease from
occurring by removing risk factors
⫸ Secondary Prevention Answer: detects disease early when it is still
asymptomatic and treatment measures can effect a cure or stop the
disease from progressing
⫸ Reliability Answer: •the extent to which an observation, when
repeated, gives the same result
⫸ Validity Answer: the extent to which a measurement tool measures
what it is intended to measure
⫸ Sensitivity Answer: •determining the likelihood or how well the test
or observation identifies people with a disease
⫸ Specificity Answer: •determining the likelihood or how well the test
or observation identifies people without a disease
⫸ Predictive value Answer: •the extent to which an observation or test
result is able to predict the presence of a given disease or condition
⫸ Incidence Answer: the number of new cases arising in a population at
risk during a specified time
, ⫸ Prevalence Answer: a measure of existing disease in a population at a
given point in time
⫸ Morbidity Answer: describes the effects an illness has on a person's
life
⫸ Mortality Answer: pertains to the causes of death in a given
population
⫸ Tertiary Prevention Answer: directed at clinical interventions that
prevent further deterioration or reduce the complications of a disease
that is already present
⫸ Hyperplasia Answer: refers to an increase in the number of cells in an
organ or tissue. It occurs in tissues with cells that are capable of mitotic
division, such as the epidermis, intestinal epithelium, and glandular
tissue.
⫸ Physiologic Hyperplasia Answer: hormonal (pregnancy) and
compensatory (partial removal of organ)
⫸ Hormonal Physiologic Hyperplasia Answer: breast and uterine
enlargement during pregnancy
⫸ Compensatory Physiologic Hyperplasia Answer: regeneration of liver
after partial hepatectomy
SET 2026 ANSWERS GUARANTEED PASS
⫸ morphology Answer: Refers to the fundamental structure or form of
cells or tissues. Changes are concerned with both the gross anatomic and
microscopic changes that are characteristic of a disease.
⫸ Histology Answer: Deals with the study of the cells and extracellular
matrix of body tissues. Sections play an important role in the diagnosis
of many types of cancers.
⫸ Clinical Manifestation Answer: make it evident that the person is sick
(fever)
⫸ Diagnosis Answer: Designation as to the nature or cause of a health
problem. Requires a careful history, physical examination, and
diagnostic tests.
⫸ Clinical Course Answer: Describes the evolution of a disease. A
disease can have an acute, subacute, or chronic course. Acute disorder is
relatively severe, but self-limiting. Chronic disease implies a continuous,
long-term process. Subacute disease is an intermediate or between acute
and chronic; not as severe as an acute disease and not as prolonged as a
chronic disease.
,⫸ Primary Prevention Answer: directed at keeping disease from
occurring by removing risk factors
⫸ Secondary Prevention Answer: detects disease early when it is still
asymptomatic and treatment measures can effect a cure or stop the
disease from progressing
⫸ Reliability Answer: •the extent to which an observation, when
repeated, gives the same result
⫸ Validity Answer: the extent to which a measurement tool measures
what it is intended to measure
⫸ Sensitivity Answer: •determining the likelihood or how well the test
or observation identifies people with a disease
⫸ Specificity Answer: •determining the likelihood or how well the test
or observation identifies people without a disease
⫸ Predictive value Answer: •the extent to which an observation or test
result is able to predict the presence of a given disease or condition
⫸ Incidence Answer: the number of new cases arising in a population at
risk during a specified time
, ⫸ Prevalence Answer: a measure of existing disease in a population at a
given point in time
⫸ Morbidity Answer: describes the effects an illness has on a person's
life
⫸ Mortality Answer: pertains to the causes of death in a given
population
⫸ Tertiary Prevention Answer: directed at clinical interventions that
prevent further deterioration or reduce the complications of a disease
that is already present
⫸ Hyperplasia Answer: refers to an increase in the number of cells in an
organ or tissue. It occurs in tissues with cells that are capable of mitotic
division, such as the epidermis, intestinal epithelium, and glandular
tissue.
⫸ Physiologic Hyperplasia Answer: hormonal (pregnancy) and
compensatory (partial removal of organ)
⫸ Hormonal Physiologic Hyperplasia Answer: breast and uterine
enlargement during pregnancy
⫸ Compensatory Physiologic Hyperplasia Answer: regeneration of liver
after partial hepatectomy
