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NSG 8673- Ch 7 Exam Questions And
Correct Answers 100% Verified.
_____ is an important epidemiologic tool to facilitate identification and monitoring of health and
health alterations in a population - Answer✔surveillance
_______ is defined as the "ongoing, systemic collection, analysis, and interpretation of data that
is then disseminated to those responsible for preventing diseases and other health conditions" -
Answer✔surveillance
What are the three types of surveillance? - Answer✔Active, Passive, Hybrid
_______ surveillance is when the public health provider actively seeks out the identification of
cases. Requires significant human and financial resources - Answer✔Active
______ surveillance is when the public health provider depends on the healthcare providers and
established healthcare system operational procedures and processes to report surveillance
information regarding health conditions and reportable conditions.
-Is a dependent system
-Has the potential to miss cases due to a lack of consistent reporting and integrated healthcare
systems
-Requires less human and financial resources - Answer✔Passive
_______ surveillance is a combination of active and passive surveillance
-Public health professional depends on notifiable condition to be reported into the public health
system
-If there is an increase in the number or cases or a potential outbreak occurs, public health
professionals would engage in active surveillance - Answer✔Hybrid
_______ surveillance is a type of surveillance conducted by a single or small number of
healthcare facilities that are responsible for collecting data on cases using a specific case
definition
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-Provides data on data trends within one or number of healthcare facilities - Answer✔Sentinel
_________ are sometimes referred to as reportable diseases or health conditions and are required
through local, state, territorial, or national laws to be reported to the public health system -
Answer✔notifiable conditions
A _____ is a set of standard criteria for classifying whether an individual has a disease,
syndrome, or other health condition - Answer✔case definition
Three types of case definitions? - Answer✔Probable, suspected, confirmed
A _______ case may have clinical signs and symptoms that are associated with the condition but
may not be specific enough to differentiate one health condition from another -
Answer✔suspected
A ______ case generally has the clinical signs and symptoms along with some type of
epidemiologic link such as recent contact with a confirmed case or other supportive laboratory
tests - Answer✔probable
A _______ case meets all the expected standard criteria for the case definition -
Answer✔confirmed
A _____ case generally has the clinical signs and symptoms, an epidemiologic linkage to a
confirmed case, and confirmatory diagnostic test results - Answer✔confirmed
_____ is considered as more cases of a condition than expected occur in a specific location over
a specific period of time and frequently may also be within a specific population -
Answer✔Outbreak
The multiplicative purposes of an _________ investigation consist of determining the extent of
the population at risk or affected; determining the measure of disease spread; identifying the
etiologic agent and/or reservoir; characterizing the relationship between the agent, host, and
environment; and determining preventive or treatment measures to limit the morbidity and
mortality associated with the respective outbreak - Answer✔outbreak
_______ is sometimes referred to as the constant presence or usual prevalence of a disease -
Answer✔endemic
A _______ disease refers to a persistent, high level of disease occurrence -
Answer✔hyperendemic
_____ is an increase or sudden rise in the number of cases above the expected endemic rate
within the population at that time
-When the amount of disease increases in a population above expected level - Answer✔epidemic
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NSG 8673- Ch 7 Exam Questions And
Correct Answers 100% Verified.
_____ is an important epidemiologic tool to facilitate identification and monitoring of health and
health alterations in a population - Answer✔surveillance
_______ is defined as the "ongoing, systemic collection, analysis, and interpretation of data that
is then disseminated to those responsible for preventing diseases and other health conditions" -
Answer✔surveillance
What are the three types of surveillance? - Answer✔Active, Passive, Hybrid
_______ surveillance is when the public health provider actively seeks out the identification of
cases. Requires significant human and financial resources - Answer✔Active
______ surveillance is when the public health provider depends on the healthcare providers and
established healthcare system operational procedures and processes to report surveillance
information regarding health conditions and reportable conditions.
-Is a dependent system
-Has the potential to miss cases due to a lack of consistent reporting and integrated healthcare
systems
-Requires less human and financial resources - Answer✔Passive
_______ surveillance is a combination of active and passive surveillance
-Public health professional depends on notifiable condition to be reported into the public health
system
-If there is an increase in the number or cases or a potential outbreak occurs, public health
professionals would engage in active surveillance - Answer✔Hybrid
_______ surveillance is a type of surveillance conducted by a single or small number of
healthcare facilities that are responsible for collecting data on cases using a specific case
definition
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-Provides data on data trends within one or number of healthcare facilities - Answer✔Sentinel
_________ are sometimes referred to as reportable diseases or health conditions and are required
through local, state, territorial, or national laws to be reported to the public health system -
Answer✔notifiable conditions
A _____ is a set of standard criteria for classifying whether an individual has a disease,
syndrome, or other health condition - Answer✔case definition
Three types of case definitions? - Answer✔Probable, suspected, confirmed
A _______ case may have clinical signs and symptoms that are associated with the condition but
may not be specific enough to differentiate one health condition from another -
Answer✔suspected
A ______ case generally has the clinical signs and symptoms along with some type of
epidemiologic link such as recent contact with a confirmed case or other supportive laboratory
tests - Answer✔probable
A _______ case meets all the expected standard criteria for the case definition -
Answer✔confirmed
A _____ case generally has the clinical signs and symptoms, an epidemiologic linkage to a
confirmed case, and confirmatory diagnostic test results - Answer✔confirmed
_____ is considered as more cases of a condition than expected occur in a specific location over
a specific period of time and frequently may also be within a specific population -
Answer✔Outbreak
The multiplicative purposes of an _________ investigation consist of determining the extent of
the population at risk or affected; determining the measure of disease spread; identifying the
etiologic agent and/or reservoir; characterizing the relationship between the agent, host, and
environment; and determining preventive or treatment measures to limit the morbidity and
mortality associated with the respective outbreak - Answer✔outbreak
_______ is sometimes referred to as the constant presence or usual prevalence of a disease -
Answer✔endemic
A _______ disease refers to a persistent, high level of disease occurrence -
Answer✔hyperendemic
_____ is an increase or sudden rise in the number of cases above the expected endemic rate
within the population at that time
-When the amount of disease increases in a population above expected level - Answer✔epidemic
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