Epidemiology in Nursing
Questions with Accurate Answers
"Tools of epidemiology" used by community health nurses
-Epidemiology is used to: (5) correct answer 1. provide baseline information
2. identify problems
3. design strategies to evaluate problems
4. develop plan of care
5. evaluate care
Agent correct answer element/force that can initiate a health problem
Attack rate correct answer measure of the probability that people without a
certain condition will develop the condition within a period of time
-similar to incidence rate
-used often in infectious disease investigations
*only new cases are counted and placed in the numerator
Basic epidemiologic concepts of the triad are the interrelationships
between__,___,and___ correct answer agent/host/environment
Changes in elements of the triangle can _____or_____a persons risk for disease
correct answer increase/decrease
, Crude mortality rate correct answer annual rate that represents the proportion of
a population that died of any cause during the 1 year period, using the mid year
period as the denominator
Definition of Epidemiology correct answer study of the distribution and
determinants of states of health and illness in populations
Environment correct answer context within which the agent and host interacts
Epidemiologic data: obtained from correct answer National Center for Health
Statistics
Windshield surveys
Interviews of key informants
Participant observation
Surveys of community residents
Analyze secondary sources
Epidemiologic Triangle/Triad
-epidemiologists began to consider disease states in terms of the epidemiologic
triangle/triad
-interactions among three elements of the triangle
explained____and______and________ correct answer -infectious/other disease
patterns/determines health status
Epidemiology is a specialized form of____.
Questions with Accurate Answers
"Tools of epidemiology" used by community health nurses
-Epidemiology is used to: (5) correct answer 1. provide baseline information
2. identify problems
3. design strategies to evaluate problems
4. develop plan of care
5. evaluate care
Agent correct answer element/force that can initiate a health problem
Attack rate correct answer measure of the probability that people without a
certain condition will develop the condition within a period of time
-similar to incidence rate
-used often in infectious disease investigations
*only new cases are counted and placed in the numerator
Basic epidemiologic concepts of the triad are the interrelationships
between__,___,and___ correct answer agent/host/environment
Changes in elements of the triangle can _____or_____a persons risk for disease
correct answer increase/decrease
, Crude mortality rate correct answer annual rate that represents the proportion of
a population that died of any cause during the 1 year period, using the mid year
period as the denominator
Definition of Epidemiology correct answer study of the distribution and
determinants of states of health and illness in populations
Environment correct answer context within which the agent and host interacts
Epidemiologic data: obtained from correct answer National Center for Health
Statistics
Windshield surveys
Interviews of key informants
Participant observation
Surveys of community residents
Analyze secondary sources
Epidemiologic Triangle/Triad
-epidemiologists began to consider disease states in terms of the epidemiologic
triangle/triad
-interactions among three elements of the triangle
explained____and______and________ correct answer -infectious/other disease
patterns/determines health status
Epidemiology is a specialized form of____.
