NR503 MIDTERM COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
2026 QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
ALREADY PASSED
⩥ secondary intervention. Answer: after disease but before symptoms
*screening*
⩥ health inequity. Answer: a difference or disparity in health outcomes
that is systematic, avoidable, and unjust
⩥ Social Justice. Answer: the defense of human dignity by ensuring that
essential human needs are met and that essential human rights are
protected for all people
⩥ Campaign for Action. Answer: limit health disparities across the
nation
⩥ Sources of epidemiological data. Answer: HP 2020, Quick Health
Data Online System, NCHS, AAMC, Health Equity
⩥ Screening and Diagnostic Tests. Answer: ** population specific
** should be tested and have available statistics that speak to their
specificity, sensitivity, and + predictive value
, ⩥ Speceficity. Answer: Patients DO NOT have disease and were given
negative test results
⩥ Sensitivity. Answer: Patients who DO have disease AND are given
positive test results
Sensitive to the truth
⩥ + predictive value. Answer: Probability that a person with a + result
truly does have the disease
⩥ descriptive epidemiology. Answer: collection and analysis of data:
what, who, where, when, why/how (causes, risk factors, modes of
transportation)
⩥ causation. Answer: A cause and effect relationship in which one
variable controls the changes in another variable.
⩥ tertiary intervention. Answer: rehabilitation to the highest level of
functioning
(prevents disease from getting worse)
2026 QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
ALREADY PASSED
⩥ secondary intervention. Answer: after disease but before symptoms
*screening*
⩥ health inequity. Answer: a difference or disparity in health outcomes
that is systematic, avoidable, and unjust
⩥ Social Justice. Answer: the defense of human dignity by ensuring that
essential human needs are met and that essential human rights are
protected for all people
⩥ Campaign for Action. Answer: limit health disparities across the
nation
⩥ Sources of epidemiological data. Answer: HP 2020, Quick Health
Data Online System, NCHS, AAMC, Health Equity
⩥ Screening and Diagnostic Tests. Answer: ** population specific
** should be tested and have available statistics that speak to their
specificity, sensitivity, and + predictive value
, ⩥ Speceficity. Answer: Patients DO NOT have disease and were given
negative test results
⩥ Sensitivity. Answer: Patients who DO have disease AND are given
positive test results
Sensitive to the truth
⩥ + predictive value. Answer: Probability that a person with a + result
truly does have the disease
⩥ descriptive epidemiology. Answer: collection and analysis of data:
what, who, where, when, why/how (causes, risk factors, modes of
transportation)
⩥ causation. Answer: A cause and effect relationship in which one
variable controls the changes in another variable.
⩥ tertiary intervention. Answer: rehabilitation to the highest level of
functioning
(prevents disease from getting worse)
