NR-503 Midterm Exam Questions and
Complete Solutions Graded A+
vital statistics - Answer: The collection, tabulation, and interpretation of data concerning birth, marriage,
divorce, sickness, and death.
Morbidity - Answer: presence of illness in population
mortality - Answer: related to tracking of deaths in a population
cases - Answer: people afflicted (those who are sick)
social justice - Answer: justice in terms of the distribution of wealth, opportunities, and privileges within
a society.
Epidemiology - Answer: the branch of medicine that deals with the incidence, distribution, and possible
control of diseases and other factors relating to health.
Population Health - Answer: health outcomes of a group of people, and the distribution of those
outcomes within the group
Incidence - Answer: number of new cases
Prevalence - Answer: The number or proportion of cases of a particular disease or condition present in a
population at a within a specific time frame
Outcomes - Answer: End result that follows an intervention
Inter-professional collaboration - Answer: Health professionals work together in small groups providing
care. Examples: oncology, OR, end of life or primary care.
, Healthy People 2020 - Answer: A set of disease prevention and health promotion objectives for
Americans to meet during the second decade of the new millennium.
Determinants of health - Answer: Factors that raise or lower a level of health in a population or
individual. Determinants of health help to explain or predict trends in health and why some groups have
better or worse health than others.
Campaign for Action - Answer: mobilizes nurses, health providers, consumers to strengthen nursing
through policy changes. Goal based on IOM future of nursing report.
primary intervention - Answer: process of altering susceptibility or reducing exposure to prevent disease
prior to the person getting it, ex: immunizations, tobacco prevention initiatives
secondary intervention - Answer: early detection of disease or risk factors and intervention during an
asymptomatic phase, ex: pap smear, rapid HIV, annual cholesterol test
tertiary intervention - Answer: an intervention that occurs after the initial occurrence of symptoms but
before irreversible disability occurs, ex: cardiac rehab programs
aggregate - Answer: defined population
community - Answer: composed of multiple aggregates
high risk populations - Answer: Certain groups of people who have a higher risk of getting an illness than
others
Validity - Answer: The ability of a test to measure what it is intended to measure
specificity - Answer: The ability of the test to identify correctly those who do not have the disease.
sensitivity - Answer: the ability of a test to correctly identify those with the disease
Complete Solutions Graded A+
vital statistics - Answer: The collection, tabulation, and interpretation of data concerning birth, marriage,
divorce, sickness, and death.
Morbidity - Answer: presence of illness in population
mortality - Answer: related to tracking of deaths in a population
cases - Answer: people afflicted (those who are sick)
social justice - Answer: justice in terms of the distribution of wealth, opportunities, and privileges within
a society.
Epidemiology - Answer: the branch of medicine that deals with the incidence, distribution, and possible
control of diseases and other factors relating to health.
Population Health - Answer: health outcomes of a group of people, and the distribution of those
outcomes within the group
Incidence - Answer: number of new cases
Prevalence - Answer: The number or proportion of cases of a particular disease or condition present in a
population at a within a specific time frame
Outcomes - Answer: End result that follows an intervention
Inter-professional collaboration - Answer: Health professionals work together in small groups providing
care. Examples: oncology, OR, end of life or primary care.
, Healthy People 2020 - Answer: A set of disease prevention and health promotion objectives for
Americans to meet during the second decade of the new millennium.
Determinants of health - Answer: Factors that raise or lower a level of health in a population or
individual. Determinants of health help to explain or predict trends in health and why some groups have
better or worse health than others.
Campaign for Action - Answer: mobilizes nurses, health providers, consumers to strengthen nursing
through policy changes. Goal based on IOM future of nursing report.
primary intervention - Answer: process of altering susceptibility or reducing exposure to prevent disease
prior to the person getting it, ex: immunizations, tobacco prevention initiatives
secondary intervention - Answer: early detection of disease or risk factors and intervention during an
asymptomatic phase, ex: pap smear, rapid HIV, annual cholesterol test
tertiary intervention - Answer: an intervention that occurs after the initial occurrence of symptoms but
before irreversible disability occurs, ex: cardiac rehab programs
aggregate - Answer: defined population
community - Answer: composed of multiple aggregates
high risk populations - Answer: Certain groups of people who have a higher risk of getting an illness than
others
Validity - Answer: The ability of a test to measure what it is intended to measure
specificity - Answer: The ability of the test to identify correctly those who do not have the disease.
sensitivity - Answer: the ability of a test to correctly identify those with the disease
