BSNC 4020 Exam UPDATED QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
What is global health focused on? - CORRECT ANSWER Improving health and achieving
equity worldwide through international collaboration.
What is a key feature of modern global health? - CORRECT ANSWER It connects local and
global issues (health problems are shared across borders).
What is global citizenship in nursing? - CORRECT ANSWER Recognizing global issues and
taking responsibility through advocacy and action.
What frameworks guide global health practice? - CORRECT ANSWER Human rights + UN
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Why is global health relevant to everyday nursing practice? - CORRECT ANSWER Global
issues (migration, climate change, disease spread) affect local patient care.
What are examples of global health organizations mentioned in class? - CORRECT ANSWER
WHO, UNICEF, MSF (Doctors Without Borders)
What is meant by "system of inequality"? - CORRECT ANSWER Overlapping social factors
(race, class, gender, etc.) that create unequal health outcomes.
Key concept on "brave space" - CORRECT ANSWER Focus on impact over intention when
discussing inequities.
What creates health inequities? - CORRECT ANSWER Structural factors (not individual
choices).
What does "socially locating yourself" mean? - CORRECT ANSWER Recognizing your own
position, privilege, and bias in healthcare.
, What type of data is used in epidemiology? - CORRECT ANSWER Vitals, labs, medications,
social determinants, access to care
What is descriptive epidemiology? - CORRECT ANSWER Identifies who, where, and when
disease occurs.
What is analytic epidemiology? - CORRECT ANSWER Tests hypotheses to determine cause
of disease.
Why must descriptive epidemiology come first? - CORRECT ANSWER It provides data
needed to form hypotheses.
What is a cohort study? - CORRECT ANSWER Follows a group over time to see outcomes.
What is a cross-sectional study? - CORRECT ANSWER Examines a population at one point in
time.
What is a case-control study? - CORRECT ANSWER Compares people with disease vs
without.
Who is legally required to report certain diseases? - CORRECT ANSWER Lab technologists
(reportable diseases)
Key limitation of epidemiology data? - CORRECT ANSWER Underreporting and inability to
capture full population picture
What is environmental health? - CORRECT ANSWER Study of how environmental factors
affect human health.
Types of environment? - CORRECT ANSWER Physical, natural, built, psychosocial
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
What is global health focused on? - CORRECT ANSWER Improving health and achieving
equity worldwide through international collaboration.
What is a key feature of modern global health? - CORRECT ANSWER It connects local and
global issues (health problems are shared across borders).
What is global citizenship in nursing? - CORRECT ANSWER Recognizing global issues and
taking responsibility through advocacy and action.
What frameworks guide global health practice? - CORRECT ANSWER Human rights + UN
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Why is global health relevant to everyday nursing practice? - CORRECT ANSWER Global
issues (migration, climate change, disease spread) affect local patient care.
What are examples of global health organizations mentioned in class? - CORRECT ANSWER
WHO, UNICEF, MSF (Doctors Without Borders)
What is meant by "system of inequality"? - CORRECT ANSWER Overlapping social factors
(race, class, gender, etc.) that create unequal health outcomes.
Key concept on "brave space" - CORRECT ANSWER Focus on impact over intention when
discussing inequities.
What creates health inequities? - CORRECT ANSWER Structural factors (not individual
choices).
What does "socially locating yourself" mean? - CORRECT ANSWER Recognizing your own
position, privilege, and bias in healthcare.
, What type of data is used in epidemiology? - CORRECT ANSWER Vitals, labs, medications,
social determinants, access to care
What is descriptive epidemiology? - CORRECT ANSWER Identifies who, where, and when
disease occurs.
What is analytic epidemiology? - CORRECT ANSWER Tests hypotheses to determine cause
of disease.
Why must descriptive epidemiology come first? - CORRECT ANSWER It provides data
needed to form hypotheses.
What is a cohort study? - CORRECT ANSWER Follows a group over time to see outcomes.
What is a cross-sectional study? - CORRECT ANSWER Examines a population at one point in
time.
What is a case-control study? - CORRECT ANSWER Compares people with disease vs
without.
Who is legally required to report certain diseases? - CORRECT ANSWER Lab technologists
(reportable diseases)
Key limitation of epidemiology data? - CORRECT ANSWER Underreporting and inability to
capture full population picture
What is environmental health? - CORRECT ANSWER Study of how environmental factors
affect human health.
Types of environment? - CORRECT ANSWER Physical, natural, built, psychosocial
