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NR 503 EPIDEMIOLOGY MIDTERM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS:

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NR 503 - Week 4 Midterm Exam Study Guide/NR 503 - Week 4 Midterm Exam Study Guide.

The nurse practitioner is reviewing a recent study that utilizes analytic epidemiology by means of a cohort study design. The cohort study design informs the practitioner about which of the following: A group of providers have implemented population-based interventions and are now assessing the efficacy of the intervention. Which of the following would be an example of a population based outcome? Appraisal of research publications is critical as providers assess for relevance to population hea...

The population of a city on February 15, 2005, was 36,600. The city has a passive surveillance system that collects hospital and private physician reports of influenza cases every month. During the period between January 1 and April 1, 2005, 2,200 new cases of influenza occurred in the city. Of these cases, 775 persons were ill with influenza according to surveillance reports on April 1, 2005. The prevalence rate of active influenza as of April 1, 2005, was: The population of a city on February ...

Which of the following statements best describe efficacy? A study is conducted for a pharmaceutical agent that has shown promise for reducing heart disease among women. In order to more fully test the agent, an additional study is done restricting the participants to be randomized to those who have a history of hypertension. Which of the following advantages cannot be claimed by the researchers? What is the main advantage of the randomization of the 168 study participants to one of the two drug ...

Which of the following is a condition which may occur during the incubation period? The ability of a single person to remain free of clinical illness following exposure to an infectious agent is known as: ……characteristic of a single-exposure, common-vehicle outbreak? __ diarrhea attack rate in persons who ate both ice cream and pizza? What is the overall attack rate in persons who did not eat ice cream? … items (or combination of items) is most likely to be the infective item(s)? Which ...

NR 503 Chapter 2 to 4 Which of the following is a condition which may occur during the incubation period? Chicken pox is a highly communicable disease. It may be transmitted by direct contact with a person infected with the varicella-zoster virus (VZV). The typical incubation time is between 10 to 20 days. A boy started school 2 weeks after showing symptoms of chicken pox including mild fever, skin rash, and fluid-filled blisters. One month after the boy returned to school, none of his classmate...