NR503 EPIDEMIOLOGY CORE MAIN EXAM TEST
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Tertiary prevention - ✔✔Reducing the symptoms of a disease and improve quality of
life.
✔✔Social Justice - ✔✔Justice in terms of the distribution of wealth, opportunities, and
privileges within a society.
✔✔Campaign for Action - ✔✔Seven major, interrelated issues that together contribute
to a healthier America through nursing
✔✔Vital Statistics - ✔✔Births, deaths, marriages, divorces, fetal deaths, and induced
termination of pregnancies.
✔✔Inter-professional collaboration - ✔✔Multiple health workers from different
professional backgrounds working together with patients, families, carers (caregivers),
and communities to deliver the highest quality of care
✔✔HP2020 - ✔✔The federal government's prevention agenda for building a healthier
nation
✔✔Determinants of health - ✔✔A range of factors that influence the health status of
individuals or populations
✔✔Risk analysis - ✔✔The process of identifying and analyzing potential issues that
could negatively impact key business initiatives or critical projects in order to help
organizations avoid or mitigate those risks
✔✔Validity (of screening test) - ✔✔The ability of a test to distinguish correctly who has a
disease.
✔✔Sensitivity (of tests) - ✔✔The ability of a test to correctly identify those who have a
disease. The number of true positives (true positive rate)
✔✔Specificity (of tests) - ✔✔The ability of a test to correctly identify those who do not
have the disease (true negative rate).
✔✔Positive Predictive Value (PPV) - ✔✔The proportion of patients/clients with a
positive test result who have the condition of interest
✔✔Negative Predictive Value (NPV) - ✔✔The proportion of patients/clients with a
negative test result who do not have the condition of interest.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Tertiary prevention - ✔✔Reducing the symptoms of a disease and improve quality of
life.
✔✔Social Justice - ✔✔Justice in terms of the distribution of wealth, opportunities, and
privileges within a society.
✔✔Campaign for Action - ✔✔Seven major, interrelated issues that together contribute
to a healthier America through nursing
✔✔Vital Statistics - ✔✔Births, deaths, marriages, divorces, fetal deaths, and induced
termination of pregnancies.
✔✔Inter-professional collaboration - ✔✔Multiple health workers from different
professional backgrounds working together with patients, families, carers (caregivers),
and communities to deliver the highest quality of care
✔✔HP2020 - ✔✔The federal government's prevention agenda for building a healthier
nation
✔✔Determinants of health - ✔✔A range of factors that influence the health status of
individuals or populations
✔✔Risk analysis - ✔✔The process of identifying and analyzing potential issues that
could negatively impact key business initiatives or critical projects in order to help
organizations avoid or mitigate those risks
✔✔Validity (of screening test) - ✔✔The ability of a test to distinguish correctly who has a
disease.
✔✔Sensitivity (of tests) - ✔✔The ability of a test to correctly identify those who have a
disease. The number of true positives (true positive rate)
✔✔Specificity (of tests) - ✔✔The ability of a test to correctly identify those who do not
have the disease (true negative rate).
✔✔Positive Predictive Value (PPV) - ✔✔The proportion of patients/clients with a
positive test result who have the condition of interest
✔✔Negative Predictive Value (NPV) - ✔✔The proportion of patients/clients with a
negative test result who do not have the condition of interest.
