NR 503 REVIEW QUIZ QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWER
socioeconomic status - Answer-status in society based on level of education, income,
and occupational prestige
Disparities in health - Answer-inequity in social structures based on characteristics;
historically linked to discrimination
minorities - Answer-groups in society who do not form the majority of the population
food desert - Answer-An area in a developed country where healthy food is difficult to
obtain
social determinants of health - Answer-
veracity - Answer-the principle of truth telling
Beneficence - Answer-principle of benefiting others by preventing harm (doing good)
Non-maleficence - Answer-should act in ways that do not inflict evil or do harm
Ethics - Answer-formal study of morality from a wide range of perspectives including
semantic, logical, analytical etc.
social justice - Answer-a form of justice that engages in social criticism and social
change focusing on those that are vulnerable
Normative Ethics - Answer-addresses the questions of right/wrong (what we ought to
do), good/evil (what we ought to be)
applied ethics - Answer-wrestles questions of right/wrong, good/evil in the specific realm
of human action such as business, nursing etc.
fairness - Answer-implies something is moral, just, and ethical, not necessarily perfect
but ethical, just, and moral enough to be equitable
Risk Reduction - Answer-finding ways to lower your chance of incurring poor health
outcomes
Health Impact Assessment - Answer-a method for describing and estimating the effects
that a proposed project or policy may have on the health of a population
CORRECT ANSWER
socioeconomic status - Answer-status in society based on level of education, income,
and occupational prestige
Disparities in health - Answer-inequity in social structures based on characteristics;
historically linked to discrimination
minorities - Answer-groups in society who do not form the majority of the population
food desert - Answer-An area in a developed country where healthy food is difficult to
obtain
social determinants of health - Answer-
veracity - Answer-the principle of truth telling
Beneficence - Answer-principle of benefiting others by preventing harm (doing good)
Non-maleficence - Answer-should act in ways that do not inflict evil or do harm
Ethics - Answer-formal study of morality from a wide range of perspectives including
semantic, logical, analytical etc.
social justice - Answer-a form of justice that engages in social criticism and social
change focusing on those that are vulnerable
Normative Ethics - Answer-addresses the questions of right/wrong (what we ought to
do), good/evil (what we ought to be)
applied ethics - Answer-wrestles questions of right/wrong, good/evil in the specific realm
of human action such as business, nursing etc.
fairness - Answer-implies something is moral, just, and ethical, not necessarily perfect
but ethical, just, and moral enough to be equitable
Risk Reduction - Answer-finding ways to lower your chance of incurring poor health
outcomes
Health Impact Assessment - Answer-a method for describing and estimating the effects
that a proposed project or policy may have on the health of a population
