NR-503 Epidemiology Final Exam Questions with Verified
Answers (Correct Update)
Question 1: Cultural Awareness
Answer: :Self-examination of one's own prejudices and biases toward other cultures. An in-depth
exploration of one's own cultural/ethnic background.
Question 2: Cultural competence in nursing consists of four principles.
Answer: Care is designed for the specific client. Care is based on the uniqueness of the person's culture
and includes cultural norms and values. Care includes self-employment strategies to facilitate client
decision making to improve health behaviors. Care is provided with sensitivity and is based on the
cultural uniqueness of clients.
Question 3: The APN may also use the Kleinman Explanatory Model of Illness (1978). Below are
the questions that can be utilized.
Answer: What do you call your problem? What do you think caused your problem? Why do you think it
started when it did? What does your sickness do to you? What do you fear most about your sickness?
What are the chief problems your sickness has caused you? What kind of treatment do you think you
should receive? What is the most important result you hope to receive from the treatment?
Question 4: According to Giger and Davidhizer (2000), although cultures differ, they all have the
same basic organizing factors that must be assessed in order to provide care for culturally
diverse patients. These factors include
Answer: communication (verbal and nonverbal); personal space; social organization; time perception;
environmental control; and biological variations.
Question 5: The NCCC uses four major approaches to fulfill its mission, including
Answer: Web-based technical assistance, (2) knowledge development and dissemination, (3) supporting
a community of learners, and (4) collaboration and partnerships with diverse groups.
Question 6: Epidemiological Triad:
Answer: host, agent, environment
Question 7: Genetics
Answer: The study of individual genes and their impact on relatively rare single gene disorders
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, Question 8: Absolute risk
Answer: is the probability of an event, such as illness, injury, or death. Gives no indication of how its
magnitude compares with others
Question 9: The odds ratio
Answer: closely approximates the relative risk if the disease is rare.
Question 10: Odds ratio and the relative risk are used
Answer: to assess the strength of association between risk factor and outcome.
Question 11: How is Attributible risk used
Answer: is used to make risk-based decisions for individuals.
Question 12: Population-attributable risk measures
Answer: are used to form public health decisions
Question 13: EGAPP:
Answer: Evaluation of Genomic Applications in Practice and Prevention
Question 14: GAPPNet
Answer: Genomic Applications in Practice and Prevention Network (established in 2009) is a
collaborative initiative involving partners from across the public health sector working together to
realize the promise of genomics in health care and disease prevention.
Question 15: GEDDI
Answer: Genetics Early Disease Detection Intervention project (GEDDI) (established in 2009)
developed a model strategy for using clinical, genetic, and family history information to reduce the risk
of disease, death, and disability in affected individuals, family members, and populations.
Question 16: HuGENet
Answer: Human Genome Epidemiology Network (HuGENet) (established in 1998) helps translate
genetic research findings into opportunities for preventive medicines and public health by advancing the
synthesis, interpretation, and dissemination of population-based data on human genetic variation in
health and disease. HuGENet reviews are systematic, peer-reviewed synopses of the epidemiologic
aspects of human genes, including prevalence of allelic variants in different populations,
population-based information on disease risk, evidence for gene-environment interaction and
quantitative data on genetic tests and services carried out according to specific guidelines.
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Answers (Correct Update)
Question 1: Cultural Awareness
Answer: :Self-examination of one's own prejudices and biases toward other cultures. An in-depth
exploration of one's own cultural/ethnic background.
Question 2: Cultural competence in nursing consists of four principles.
Answer: Care is designed for the specific client. Care is based on the uniqueness of the person's culture
and includes cultural norms and values. Care includes self-employment strategies to facilitate client
decision making to improve health behaviors. Care is provided with sensitivity and is based on the
cultural uniqueness of clients.
Question 3: The APN may also use the Kleinman Explanatory Model of Illness (1978). Below are
the questions that can be utilized.
Answer: What do you call your problem? What do you think caused your problem? Why do you think it
started when it did? What does your sickness do to you? What do you fear most about your sickness?
What are the chief problems your sickness has caused you? What kind of treatment do you think you
should receive? What is the most important result you hope to receive from the treatment?
Question 4: According to Giger and Davidhizer (2000), although cultures differ, they all have the
same basic organizing factors that must be assessed in order to provide care for culturally
diverse patients. These factors include
Answer: communication (verbal and nonverbal); personal space; social organization; time perception;
environmental control; and biological variations.
Question 5: The NCCC uses four major approaches to fulfill its mission, including
Answer: Web-based technical assistance, (2) knowledge development and dissemination, (3) supporting
a community of learners, and (4) collaboration and partnerships with diverse groups.
Question 6: Epidemiological Triad:
Answer: host, agent, environment
Question 7: Genetics
Answer: The study of individual genes and their impact on relatively rare single gene disorders
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, Question 8: Absolute risk
Answer: is the probability of an event, such as illness, injury, or death. Gives no indication of how its
magnitude compares with others
Question 9: The odds ratio
Answer: closely approximates the relative risk if the disease is rare.
Question 10: Odds ratio and the relative risk are used
Answer: to assess the strength of association between risk factor and outcome.
Question 11: How is Attributible risk used
Answer: is used to make risk-based decisions for individuals.
Question 12: Population-attributable risk measures
Answer: are used to form public health decisions
Question 13: EGAPP:
Answer: Evaluation of Genomic Applications in Practice and Prevention
Question 14: GAPPNet
Answer: Genomic Applications in Practice and Prevention Network (established in 2009) is a
collaborative initiative involving partners from across the public health sector working together to
realize the promise of genomics in health care and disease prevention.
Question 15: GEDDI
Answer: Genetics Early Disease Detection Intervention project (GEDDI) (established in 2009)
developed a model strategy for using clinical, genetic, and family history information to reduce the risk
of disease, death, and disability in affected individuals, family members, and populations.
Question 16: HuGENet
Answer: Human Genome Epidemiology Network (HuGENet) (established in 1998) helps translate
genetic research findings into opportunities for preventive medicines and public health by advancing the
synthesis, interpretation, and dissemination of population-based data on human genetic variation in
health and disease. HuGENet reviews are systematic, peer-reviewed synopses of the epidemiologic
aspects of human genes, including prevalence of allelic variants in different populations,
population-based information on disease risk, evidence for gene-environment interaction and
quantitative data on genetic tests and services carried out according to specific guidelines.
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