NR-503 Midterm
1. vital statistics The collection, tabulation, and interpretation of data con-
cerning birth, marriage, divorce, sickness, and death.
2. Morbidity presence of illness in population
3. mortality related to tracking of deaths in a population
4. cases people afflicted (those who are sick)
5. social justice justice in terms of the distribution of wealth, opportunities,
and privileges within a society.
6. Epidemiology the branch of medicine that deals with the incidence,
distribution, and possible control of diseases and other
factors relating to health.
7. Population health outcomes of a group of people, and the distribution
Health of those outcomes within the group
8. Incidence number of new cases
9. Prevalence The number or proportion of cases of a particular disease
or condition present in a population at a within a specific
time frame
10. Outcomes End result that follows an intervention
11. Inter-profession- Health professionals work together in small groups pro-
al collaboration viding care. Examples: oncology, OR, end of life or prima-
ry care.
12. Healthy People A set of disease prevention and health promotion objec-
2020 tives for Americans to meet during the second decade of
the new millennium.
13. Determinants of Factors that raise or lower a level of health in a population
health or individual. Determinants of health help to explain or
predict trends in health and why some groups have better
or worse health than others.
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14. Campaign for mobilizes nurses, health providers, consumers to
Action strengthen nursing through policy changes. Goal based
on IOM future of nursing report.
15. primary interven- process of altering susceptibility or reducing exposure to
tion prevent disease prior to the person getting it, ex: immu-
nizations, tobacco prevention initiatives
16. secondary inter- early detection of disease or risk factors and intervention
vention during an asymptomatic phase, ex: pap smear, rapid HIV,
annual cholesterol test
17. tertiary interven- an intervention that occurs after the initial occurrence
tion of symptoms but before irreversible disability occurs, ex:
cardiac rehab programs
18. aggregate defined population
19. community composed of multiple aggregates
20. high risk popula- Certain groups of people who have a higher risk of getting
tions an illness than others
21. Validity The ability of a test to measure what it is intended to
measure
22. specificity The ability of the test to identify correctly those who do not
have the disease.
23. sensitivity the ability of a test to correctly identify those with the
disease
24. continuous vari- those that are not either positive or negative but occur on
able screenings a continuum of values
25. Two stage test- less sensitive first specific test is used often at a lower
ing cost or less risk to the patient, ex: TB skin
26. Positive predic- The probability that a person with a positive test result
tive value actually has the disease
1. vital statistics The collection, tabulation, and interpretation of data con-
cerning birth, marriage, divorce, sickness, and death.
2. Morbidity presence of illness in population
3. mortality related to tracking of deaths in a population
4. cases people afflicted (those who are sick)
5. social justice justice in terms of the distribution of wealth, opportunities,
and privileges within a society.
6. Epidemiology the branch of medicine that deals with the incidence,
distribution, and possible control of diseases and other
factors relating to health.
7. Population health outcomes of a group of people, and the distribution
Health of those outcomes within the group
8. Incidence number of new cases
9. Prevalence The number or proportion of cases of a particular disease
or condition present in a population at a within a specific
time frame
10. Outcomes End result that follows an intervention
11. Inter-profession- Health professionals work together in small groups pro-
al collaboration viding care. Examples: oncology, OR, end of life or prima-
ry care.
12. Healthy People A set of disease prevention and health promotion objec-
2020 tives for Americans to meet during the second decade of
the new millennium.
13. Determinants of Factors that raise or lower a level of health in a population
health or individual. Determinants of health help to explain or
predict trends in health and why some groups have better
or worse health than others.
, NR-503 Midterm
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_6dmpfa
14. Campaign for mobilizes nurses, health providers, consumers to
Action strengthen nursing through policy changes. Goal based
on IOM future of nursing report.
15. primary interven- process of altering susceptibility or reducing exposure to
tion prevent disease prior to the person getting it, ex: immu-
nizations, tobacco prevention initiatives
16. secondary inter- early detection of disease or risk factors and intervention
vention during an asymptomatic phase, ex: pap smear, rapid HIV,
annual cholesterol test
17. tertiary interven- an intervention that occurs after the initial occurrence
tion of symptoms but before irreversible disability occurs, ex:
cardiac rehab programs
18. aggregate defined population
19. community composed of multiple aggregates
20. high risk popula- Certain groups of people who have a higher risk of getting
tions an illness than others
21. Validity The ability of a test to measure what it is intended to
measure
22. specificity The ability of the test to identify correctly those who do not
have the disease.
23. sensitivity the ability of a test to correctly identify those with the
disease
24. continuous vari- those that are not either positive or negative but occur on
able screenings a continuum of values
25. Two stage test- less sensitive first specific test is used often at a lower
ing cost or less risk to the patient, ex: TB skin
26. Positive predic- The probability that a person with a positive test result
tive value actually has the disease
