Summary NR 503 WEEK 4 MIDTERM STUDY GUIDE
NR 503 WEEK 4 MIDTERM STUDY GUIDE NR 503 WEEK 4 MIDTERM STUDY GUIDE NR 503 Week One – Definitions 1. Epidemiology- science of public health 2. Disease surveillance- Collection, analysis, dissemination of data o – Endemic o – Epidemic o – Pandemic 2. Common vehicle 3. Morbidity- Presence of illness in population 4. Mortality-related to the tracking of deaths within an aggregate 5. Risk- increase chance of poor health outcome 6. Incidence- Measures the appearance of new cases 7. Prevalence- measure the existence of all current cases within a time frame 8. Mortality rates 9. Case-fatality rates 10. Secondary prevention- screening and diagnosis of disease
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