NSG 522 EPIDEMIOLOGY AND BIOSTAT
FINAL, NSG 522 FINAL EXAM 2025/2026
BANK COMPLETE 400 QUESTIONS WITH
DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS (100%
CORRECT ANSWERS) / / EXPERT VERIFIED
FOR GURANTEED PASS / LATEST UPDATE
which of the following terms describes the number of all
cases of a disease during a 6 month period? incidence rate,
incidence proportion, period prevalence, point prevalence -
....ANSWER...period prevalence
the maternal mortality rate measures the number of
maternal deaths from which points? -
....ANSWER...anytime during pregnancy and the first 6
weeks after birth
the neonatal mortality rate refers to: - ....ANSWER...the
number of deaths within the first 27 days of life
,which vital statistics is most commonly used to compare
the health status of nations? infant mortality rate, crude
mortality rate, birth rate, neonatal mortality rate -
....ANSWER...infant mortality rate
a risk ratio of 1.0 indicates: - ....ANSWER...an equivalent
risk of disease in the groups being compared
a risk ratio of 2.0 indicates that - ....ANSWER...the
exposed group was twice as likely to have the disease than
the unexposed group
atrributable risk is a an estimate of - ....ANSWER...the
risk of getting a disease associated with a specific exposure
a team of researchers begins studying infants at the time
of birth and continues to follow the infants throughout
childhood and into early adulthood. this type of study
would be classified as a - ....ANSWER...prospective cohort
study
a group of clinical nurse leaders has undertaken the
responsibility of identifying an effective fall reduction
,program for their clinical unit. which of the following
types of studies would provide the highest level of
evidence for this project? randomized clinical trial,
prospective cohort study, meta-analysis, ecological study -
....ANSWER...meta analysis
which of the following types of studies provides the lowest
level of evidence on the evidence pyramid?
-retrospective cohort study
-quasi-experiment
-cross-sectional study
-case-control study - ....ANSWER...cross-sectional study
a clinical nurse leader is evaluating the impact of a new
intervention focused on reducing the risk of central line
blood stream infections. the relative risk in patients
receiving the intervention was 0.86 (95% CI: 0.76,0.96)
This statistic means that - ....ANSWER...the new
intervention reduces the risk of infection
the Framingham heart study is an example of a -
....ANSWER...longitudinal cross-sectional study
, which of the following risk of statistics should be reported
for a randomized clinical trial?
-odds ratio
-relative risk
-attributable risk
-proportionate risk - ....ANSWER...relative risk
a nurse researcher is planning to test whether preoperative
bathing with disinfectant soap decreases surgical site
infections. which research design would provide the best
evidence to determine whether the intervention worked?
-ecological study
-prospective cohort study
-case control study
-randomized clinical trial - ....ANSWER...prospective
cohort study
in a case-control study, the likelihood of developing disease
in the cases and control group is compared using a/an: -
....ANSWER...odds ratio
FINAL, NSG 522 FINAL EXAM 2025/2026
BANK COMPLETE 400 QUESTIONS WITH
DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS (100%
CORRECT ANSWERS) / / EXPERT VERIFIED
FOR GURANTEED PASS / LATEST UPDATE
which of the following terms describes the number of all
cases of a disease during a 6 month period? incidence rate,
incidence proportion, period prevalence, point prevalence -
....ANSWER...period prevalence
the maternal mortality rate measures the number of
maternal deaths from which points? -
....ANSWER...anytime during pregnancy and the first 6
weeks after birth
the neonatal mortality rate refers to: - ....ANSWER...the
number of deaths within the first 27 days of life
,which vital statistics is most commonly used to compare
the health status of nations? infant mortality rate, crude
mortality rate, birth rate, neonatal mortality rate -
....ANSWER...infant mortality rate
a risk ratio of 1.0 indicates: - ....ANSWER...an equivalent
risk of disease in the groups being compared
a risk ratio of 2.0 indicates that - ....ANSWER...the
exposed group was twice as likely to have the disease than
the unexposed group
atrributable risk is a an estimate of - ....ANSWER...the
risk of getting a disease associated with a specific exposure
a team of researchers begins studying infants at the time
of birth and continues to follow the infants throughout
childhood and into early adulthood. this type of study
would be classified as a - ....ANSWER...prospective cohort
study
a group of clinical nurse leaders has undertaken the
responsibility of identifying an effective fall reduction
,program for their clinical unit. which of the following
types of studies would provide the highest level of
evidence for this project? randomized clinical trial,
prospective cohort study, meta-analysis, ecological study -
....ANSWER...meta analysis
which of the following types of studies provides the lowest
level of evidence on the evidence pyramid?
-retrospective cohort study
-quasi-experiment
-cross-sectional study
-case-control study - ....ANSWER...cross-sectional study
a clinical nurse leader is evaluating the impact of a new
intervention focused on reducing the risk of central line
blood stream infections. the relative risk in patients
receiving the intervention was 0.86 (95% CI: 0.76,0.96)
This statistic means that - ....ANSWER...the new
intervention reduces the risk of infection
the Framingham heart study is an example of a -
....ANSWER...longitudinal cross-sectional study
, which of the following risk of statistics should be reported
for a randomized clinical trial?
-odds ratio
-relative risk
-attributable risk
-proportionate risk - ....ANSWER...relative risk
a nurse researcher is planning to test whether preoperative
bathing with disinfectant soap decreases surgical site
infections. which research design would provide the best
evidence to determine whether the intervention worked?
-ecological study
-prospective cohort study
-case control study
-randomized clinical trial - ....ANSWER...prospective
cohort study
in a case-control study, the likelihood of developing disease
in the cases and control group is compared using a/an: -
....ANSWER...odds ratio
