NR 442- WEEK 2 EXAM QUESTIONS & DETAILED
COMPLETE ANSWERS RATED 100% PASS
1. what is epidemiology? the study of distribution and
determinants of health and disease
in human popula- tions
2. what is epidemiology used for? to monitor disease trends
3. what do community health nurses
moni- tor? disease rate
mode of transmission
incubation
early s/s
periods of
communicability
interventions
4. what is the person-place-time model? person: personal characteristics and be-
haviors
place: variation by location
Time: variation in disease over time
5. what is descriptive epidemiology? -study of the amount and distribution
of
disease
-ID patterns frequently indicate possible
causes of disease
6. what is analytic epidemiology? -examines complex relationships
among
the many determinants of disease
-investigation of cause of disease or
etiolo- gy
7. what are the uses of descriptive epidemiol- -evaluate trends
,NR 442- WEEK 2 EXAM QUESTIONS & DETAILED
COMPLETE ANSWERS RATED 100% PASS
ogy? -health planning
-ID problems to be studied
8. what are the uses of analytic
epidemiology?
, NR 442- WEEK 2 EXAM QUESTIONS & DETAILED
COMPLETE ANSWERS RATED 100% PASS
community diagnosis
investigation of epidemics
determination of disease
etiology
evaluation of community intervention
and programs
9. who is the father of epidemiology? John Snow
10. what did John Snow discover? that cholera was transmitted by
contami-
nated water
11. what is the miasma theory? The idea that disease is spread
through bad air.
-smell from decomposition causing
disease
12. what is the epidemiological triangle
com- prised of? Host
Agent
Environment
13. what does the epidemiological
triangle show?
relationship among the agent, host,
and environment --> the interaction
14. what is the agent in the determines the development and
epidemiological triangle
cessation
15. what is the host in the epidemiological
tri- angle the physical, infectious, or chemical
factor that causes the disease
the living being that an agent or the envi-
ronment influences.
COMPLETE ANSWERS RATED 100% PASS
1. what is epidemiology? the study of distribution and
determinants of health and disease
in human popula- tions
2. what is epidemiology used for? to monitor disease trends
3. what do community health nurses
moni- tor? disease rate
mode of transmission
incubation
early s/s
periods of
communicability
interventions
4. what is the person-place-time model? person: personal characteristics and be-
haviors
place: variation by location
Time: variation in disease over time
5. what is descriptive epidemiology? -study of the amount and distribution
of
disease
-ID patterns frequently indicate possible
causes of disease
6. what is analytic epidemiology? -examines complex relationships
among
the many determinants of disease
-investigation of cause of disease or
etiolo- gy
7. what are the uses of descriptive epidemiol- -evaluate trends
,NR 442- WEEK 2 EXAM QUESTIONS & DETAILED
COMPLETE ANSWERS RATED 100% PASS
ogy? -health planning
-ID problems to be studied
8. what are the uses of analytic
epidemiology?
, NR 442- WEEK 2 EXAM QUESTIONS & DETAILED
COMPLETE ANSWERS RATED 100% PASS
community diagnosis
investigation of epidemics
determination of disease
etiology
evaluation of community intervention
and programs
9. who is the father of epidemiology? John Snow
10. what did John Snow discover? that cholera was transmitted by
contami-
nated water
11. what is the miasma theory? The idea that disease is spread
through bad air.
-smell from decomposition causing
disease
12. what is the epidemiological triangle
com- prised of? Host
Agent
Environment
13. what does the epidemiological
triangle show?
relationship among the agent, host,
and environment --> the interaction
14. what is the agent in the determines the development and
epidemiological triangle
cessation
15. what is the host in the epidemiological
tri- angle the physical, infectious, or chemical
factor that causes the disease
the living being that an agent or the envi-
ronment influences.
