NR 503 Week 4 Midterm Prep Packet

Week 1 review: • How does social justice and health inequities influence population health care provision? Why is this critical information for the provision of evidence-based care? • Are you able to both define and apply key terms such as: • Explain the differences between the interventions: • Bonus question: o How are outcomes determined? Week 2 review: • Is screening a tertiary intervention? If yes, why, if not, what is it? • How does a provider determine the usefulness, appropriateness, of a screening test? Where would a NP look to find a screening test: What determines if a screening test should be used? • Can you explain what “descriptive epidemiology” means? What is the purpose? How is it used? • How are causation and descriptive epidemiology related, how do they work together to aid evidence-based care? • What does “causation” mean? Can you relate causation to primary, secondary, and tertiary interventions? Week 3 review: • What is a case-control study and how does it differ (or how is it the same) as the cohort study design? • What is the difference in a randomized control trial than, for instance, a case-control study (or cohort study)? What does it mean to show a causal relationship? • What is each type of study used for, its purpose, and its outcomes? How are the outcomes different in each study design? Measured? • What is an intervention group? Where is it found? • Can you explain a retrospective versus a prospective study design? What are the pros and cons of each? • How are groups selected for each of the study designs? • What is meant by “scientific misconduct”? • Differentiate: random error, systematic error, confounding error Week 4 review: • What is the highest level of data finding? How is evidence appraised? • Can you describe the various levels of studies and how they are rated in terms of their use for integration into practice? • What factors determine quality of care? • How is a website’s credibility determined? • What are key indicators when assessing a model of care? • How would you explain the Triple Aim initiative (model) to a colleague? Bonus Questions: • What are methods to measure health outcomes? • What are elements of the action model? • Terminology such as: • Levels of evidence