NUR 529 EXAM 1 WITH
VERIFIED AND ACCURATE
ANSWERS GRADED A+ (2026
UPDATE!!)
Pathogenesis - answer-explains how the disease process evolves. Sequence of cellular
and tissue events that take place from the time of initial contact with an etiologic agent
until the ultimate expression of a disease.
Morphology - answer-Refers to the fundamental structure or form of cells or tissues.
Changes are concerned with both the gross anatomic and microscopic changes that
are characteristic of a disease.
Histology - answer-Deals with the study of the cells and extracellular matrix of body
tissues. Sections play an important role in the diagnosis of many types of cancers.
Clinical Manifestation - answer-make it evident that the person is sick (fever)
Diagnosis - answer-Designation as to the nature or cause of a health problem. Requires
a careful history, physical examination, and diagnostic tests.
Clinical Course - answer-Describes the evolution of a disease. A disease can have an
acute, subacute, or chronic course. Acute disorder is relatively severe, but self-limiting.
Chronic disease implies a continuous, long-term process. Subacute disease is an
intermediate or between acute and chronic; not as severe as an acute disease and not
as prolonged as a chronic disease.
Primary Prevention - answer-directed at keeping disease from occurring by removing
risk factors (vaccination)
, Secondary Prevention - answer-detects disease early when it is still asymptomatic and
treatment measures can effect a cure or stop the disease from progressing (pap smear)
Reliability - answer-the extent to which an observation, when repeated, gives the same
result
Validity - answer-the extent to which a measurement tool measures what it is intended
to measure
Sensitivity - answer-determining the likelihood or how well the test or observation
identifies people with a disease
Specificity - answer-determining the likelihood or how well the test or observation
identifies people without a disease
Predictive value - answer-the extent to which an observation or test result is able to
predict the presence of a given disease or condition
Incidence - answer-the number of new cases arising in a population at risk during a
specified time
Prevalence - answer-a measure of existing disease in a population at a given point in
time
Morbidity - answer-describes the effects an illness has on a person's life
Mortality - answer-pertains to the causes of death in a given population
Tertiary Prevention - answer-directed at clinical interventions that prevent further
deterioration or reduce the complications of a disease that is already present
(antibiotic)
VERIFIED AND ACCURATE
ANSWERS GRADED A+ (2026
UPDATE!!)
Pathogenesis - answer-explains how the disease process evolves. Sequence of cellular
and tissue events that take place from the time of initial contact with an etiologic agent
until the ultimate expression of a disease.
Morphology - answer-Refers to the fundamental structure or form of cells or tissues.
Changes are concerned with both the gross anatomic and microscopic changes that
are characteristic of a disease.
Histology - answer-Deals with the study of the cells and extracellular matrix of body
tissues. Sections play an important role in the diagnosis of many types of cancers.
Clinical Manifestation - answer-make it evident that the person is sick (fever)
Diagnosis - answer-Designation as to the nature or cause of a health problem. Requires
a careful history, physical examination, and diagnostic tests.
Clinical Course - answer-Describes the evolution of a disease. A disease can have an
acute, subacute, or chronic course. Acute disorder is relatively severe, but self-limiting.
Chronic disease implies a continuous, long-term process. Subacute disease is an
intermediate or between acute and chronic; not as severe as an acute disease and not
as prolonged as a chronic disease.
Primary Prevention - answer-directed at keeping disease from occurring by removing
risk factors (vaccination)
, Secondary Prevention - answer-detects disease early when it is still asymptomatic and
treatment measures can effect a cure or stop the disease from progressing (pap smear)
Reliability - answer-the extent to which an observation, when repeated, gives the same
result
Validity - answer-the extent to which a measurement tool measures what it is intended
to measure
Sensitivity - answer-determining the likelihood or how well the test or observation
identifies people with a disease
Specificity - answer-determining the likelihood or how well the test or observation
identifies people without a disease
Predictive value - answer-the extent to which an observation or test result is able to
predict the presence of a given disease or condition
Incidence - answer-the number of new cases arising in a population at risk during a
specified time
Prevalence - answer-a measure of existing disease in a population at a given point in
time
Morbidity - answer-describes the effects an illness has on a person's life
Mortality - answer-pertains to the causes of death in a given population
Tertiary Prevention - answer-directed at clinical interventions that prevent further
deterioration or reduce the complications of a disease that is already present
(antibiotic)
