NR 503 EPI FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS (100% PASS)
Pharmacogenomics - Answer-Medication efficacy, toxicity, and drug interaction based
on genetic variations
Genetic epidemiology - Answer-The link between epidemiology and genetic
Genetics Non-Discrimination Act - Answer-Was passed to offer some protection against
the potential misuse of genetic information
Epidemic - Answer-Outbreak at a population level
Disaster epidemiology - Answer-The use of epidemiology to assess the short and long
term adverse health effects of disasters and to predict consequences of future
disasters. It brings together various topic areas of epidemiology including a cute and
communicable disease, environmental health, occupational health, chronic disease,
injury, mental health, and behavioral health
WHO - Answer-(World Health Organization) specialized agency of the United Nations
that is concerned with international public health. The world health organization
recognized that international collaboration could control infectious disease better than
any single country.
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) - Answer-Goals resulting from a UN-led effort
to end extreme poverty by focusing on 17 key indicators, the top five of which are no
poverty, zero hunger, good health, quality education, and gender equality, with key
benchmarks for 2030.
Universal declaration of human rights - Answer-All people have the right to a standard
of living that guarantees health
Call to Action - Answer-Call for nurses and midwives to assume a leadership role in
addressing planetary health because nurses and midwives are the most numerous and
most patient centered component of the health workforce. This leader ship begins with
educating ourselves, students, staff, patient, and communities about planetary health by
engaging in political and policy processes
Community health needs assessment - Answer-Assessing whether or not the region
has the community resources that it needs.
situation analysis - Answer-To analyze and identify the relationships among patterns of
morbidity, mortality, and disability within the demographic and other factors shaping
thecircumstances of the population of a specified community, country, or region.
, Culture - Answer-Practices, beliefs, values, norms (can be learned or shared) which
guides the actions and decisions of each person in the group.
Cultural Organizing Factors - Answer-Communication, personal space, social
organization, time perception, environmental control, and biological variations
Macro-scale influences - Answer-Broad understandings of illness, suffering and healing.
Social roles and bureaucratic and economic context of health care services
Micro-scale influences - Answer-Face-to-face interaction at front-lines. Successful and
failed communication efforts.
cultural awareness - Answer-An in-depth self-examination of one's own background,
recognizing biases, prejudices, and assumptions about other people
Cultural Humility - Answer-incorporates a lifelong commitment to self-evaluation and
self-critique, to redressing the power imbalances in the patient-clinician dynamic and to
developing mutually beneficial and advocacy partnerships with communities on behalf
of individuals and defined populations
Cultural Knowledge - Answer-obtaining a sound educational foundation concerning the
various worldviews of different cultures. Obtaining knowledge regarding biological
variations, disease, and health conditions and variations in drug metabolism.
Cultural Skill - Answer-Ability to collect culturally relevant data regarding the client's
health history and presenting problem and conduct a culturally sensitive assessment.
Cultural Desire - Answer-Motivation of the provider to want to engage in the process of
cultural competence, characteristics of compassion, authenticity, humility, openness,
availability, and flexibility, commitment, and passion to caring regardless of conflict.
4 principles of cultural competence - Answer-1. Caring is designed for the specific client
2. Care is based in the uniqueness of the person's culture and includes cultural norms
and values
3. Care includes self-employment strategies to facilitate client decisions making to
improve health behaviors.
4. Care is provided with sensitivity and is based on the cultural uniqueness of clients.
Cross Cultural Health Care Program - Answer-Includes a plethora of materials to
improve cultural competency among providers including training programs.
National Partnership for Action (NPA) - Answer-Mobilizes individuals and groups to
work and improve quality and elimination of health disparities
AND ANSWERS (100% PASS)
Pharmacogenomics - Answer-Medication efficacy, toxicity, and drug interaction based
on genetic variations
Genetic epidemiology - Answer-The link between epidemiology and genetic
Genetics Non-Discrimination Act - Answer-Was passed to offer some protection against
the potential misuse of genetic information
Epidemic - Answer-Outbreak at a population level
Disaster epidemiology - Answer-The use of epidemiology to assess the short and long
term adverse health effects of disasters and to predict consequences of future
disasters. It brings together various topic areas of epidemiology including a cute and
communicable disease, environmental health, occupational health, chronic disease,
injury, mental health, and behavioral health
WHO - Answer-(World Health Organization) specialized agency of the United Nations
that is concerned with international public health. The world health organization
recognized that international collaboration could control infectious disease better than
any single country.
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) - Answer-Goals resulting from a UN-led effort
to end extreme poverty by focusing on 17 key indicators, the top five of which are no
poverty, zero hunger, good health, quality education, and gender equality, with key
benchmarks for 2030.
Universal declaration of human rights - Answer-All people have the right to a standard
of living that guarantees health
Call to Action - Answer-Call for nurses and midwives to assume a leadership role in
addressing planetary health because nurses and midwives are the most numerous and
most patient centered component of the health workforce. This leader ship begins with
educating ourselves, students, staff, patient, and communities about planetary health by
engaging in political and policy processes
Community health needs assessment - Answer-Assessing whether or not the region
has the community resources that it needs.
situation analysis - Answer-To analyze and identify the relationships among patterns of
morbidity, mortality, and disability within the demographic and other factors shaping
thecircumstances of the population of a specified community, country, or region.
, Culture - Answer-Practices, beliefs, values, norms (can be learned or shared) which
guides the actions and decisions of each person in the group.
Cultural Organizing Factors - Answer-Communication, personal space, social
organization, time perception, environmental control, and biological variations
Macro-scale influences - Answer-Broad understandings of illness, suffering and healing.
Social roles and bureaucratic and economic context of health care services
Micro-scale influences - Answer-Face-to-face interaction at front-lines. Successful and
failed communication efforts.
cultural awareness - Answer-An in-depth self-examination of one's own background,
recognizing biases, prejudices, and assumptions about other people
Cultural Humility - Answer-incorporates a lifelong commitment to self-evaluation and
self-critique, to redressing the power imbalances in the patient-clinician dynamic and to
developing mutually beneficial and advocacy partnerships with communities on behalf
of individuals and defined populations
Cultural Knowledge - Answer-obtaining a sound educational foundation concerning the
various worldviews of different cultures. Obtaining knowledge regarding biological
variations, disease, and health conditions and variations in drug metabolism.
Cultural Skill - Answer-Ability to collect culturally relevant data regarding the client's
health history and presenting problem and conduct a culturally sensitive assessment.
Cultural Desire - Answer-Motivation of the provider to want to engage in the process of
cultural competence, characteristics of compassion, authenticity, humility, openness,
availability, and flexibility, commitment, and passion to caring regardless of conflict.
4 principles of cultural competence - Answer-1. Caring is designed for the specific client
2. Care is based in the uniqueness of the person's culture and includes cultural norms
and values
3. Care includes self-employment strategies to facilitate client decisions making to
improve health behaviors.
4. Care is provided with sensitivity and is based on the cultural uniqueness of clients.
Cross Cultural Health Care Program - Answer-Includes a plethora of materials to
improve cultural competency among providers including training programs.
National Partnership for Action (NPA) - Answer-Mobilizes individuals and groups to
work and improve quality and elimination of health disparities
