NR 503 Midterm UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
vital statistics - CORRECT ANSWER - The collection, tabulation, and interpretation of
data concerning birth, marriage, divorce, sickness, and death.
Morbidity - CORRECT ANSWER - presence of illness in population
mortality - CORRECT ANSWER - related to tracking of deaths in a population
cases - CORRECT ANSWER - people afflicted (those who are sick)
social justice - CORRECT ANSWER - justice in terms of the distribution of wealth,
opportunities, and privileges within a society.
Epidemiology - CORRECT ANSWER - the branch of medicine that deals with the
incidence, distribution, and possible control of diseases and other factors relating to health.
Population Health - CORRECT ANSWER - health outcomes of a group of people, and the
distribution of those outcomes within the group
Incidence - CORRECT ANSWER - number of new cases
Prevalence - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER - End result that follows an intervention
, Inter-professional collaboration - CORRECT ANSWER - Health professionals work
together in small groups providing care. Examples: oncology, OR, end of life or primary care.
Healthy People 2020 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER - mobilizes nurses, health providers,
consumers to strengthen nursing through policy changes. Goal based on IOM future of nursing
report.
primary intervention - CORRECT ANSWER - process of altering susceptibility or
reducing exposure to prevent disease prior to the person getting it, ex: immunizations, tobacco
prevention initiatives
secondary intervention - CORRECT ANSWER - early detection of disease or risk factors
and intervention during an asymptomatic phase, ex: pap smear, rapid HIV, annual cholesterol
test
tertiary intervention - CORRECT ANSWER - an intervention that occurs after the initial
occurrence of symptoms but before irreversible disability occurs, ex: cardiac rehab programs
aggregate - CORRECT ANSWER - defined population
community - CORRECT ANSWER - composed of multiple aggregates
high risk populations - CORRECT ANSWER - Certain groups of people who have a
higher risk of getting an illness than others
Questions and CORRECT Answers
vital statistics - CORRECT ANSWER - The collection, tabulation, and interpretation of
data concerning birth, marriage, divorce, sickness, and death.
Morbidity - CORRECT ANSWER - presence of illness in population
mortality - CORRECT ANSWER - related to tracking of deaths in a population
cases - CORRECT ANSWER - people afflicted (those who are sick)
social justice - CORRECT ANSWER - justice in terms of the distribution of wealth,
opportunities, and privileges within a society.
Epidemiology - CORRECT ANSWER - the branch of medicine that deals with the
incidence, distribution, and possible control of diseases and other factors relating to health.
Population Health - CORRECT ANSWER - health outcomes of a group of people, and the
distribution of those outcomes within the group
Incidence - CORRECT ANSWER - number of new cases
Prevalence - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER - End result that follows an intervention
, Inter-professional collaboration - CORRECT ANSWER - Health professionals work
together in small groups providing care. Examples: oncology, OR, end of life or primary care.
Healthy People 2020 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER - mobilizes nurses, health providers,
consumers to strengthen nursing through policy changes. Goal based on IOM future of nursing
report.
primary intervention - CORRECT ANSWER - process of altering susceptibility or
reducing exposure to prevent disease prior to the person getting it, ex: immunizations, tobacco
prevention initiatives
secondary intervention - CORRECT ANSWER - early detection of disease or risk factors
and intervention during an asymptomatic phase, ex: pap smear, rapid HIV, annual cholesterol
test
tertiary intervention - CORRECT ANSWER - an intervention that occurs after the initial
occurrence of symptoms but before irreversible disability occurs, ex: cardiac rehab programs
aggregate - CORRECT ANSWER - defined population
community - CORRECT ANSWER - composed of multiple aggregates
high risk populations - CORRECT ANSWER - Certain groups of people who have a
higher risk of getting an illness than others
