NURSING PATHOPHYSIOLOGY UPDATED ACTUAL
ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔convalescence - ✔✔stage of recovery AFTER a disease, injury, or surgical
procedure
✔✔sequelae - ✔✔following a pathologic condition resulting from an illness
✔✔statistical normality - ✔✔estimate of diseases in a normal population, based on a
bell shaped curve
✔✔reliability - ✔✔test's ability to give the same results in repeated measurements
✔✔validity - ✔✔degree which a measurement reflects the true value of what it intents to
measure
✔✔predictive value - ✔✔extent to which a test can differentiate between
presence/absence of a person's condition
✔✔sensitivity - ✔✔probability that a test will be positive when applied to a person with a
particular condition
✔✔specificity - ✔✔probability the a test will negative when applied to a person without a
particular condition
✔✔epidemiology - ✔✔study go patterns of disease involving populations
✔✔what are types of epidemiology and know what each stands for - ✔✔Endemic
Disease: native to local region
Epidemic Disease: Spread to many people at the same time
Pandemic Disease: Spread to large geographic areas
✔✔what are the three levels of prevention? define each one - ✔✔Primary: altering
susceptibility/reducing exposure for suceptible persons
ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔convalescence - ✔✔stage of recovery AFTER a disease, injury, or surgical
procedure
✔✔sequelae - ✔✔following a pathologic condition resulting from an illness
✔✔statistical normality - ✔✔estimate of diseases in a normal population, based on a
bell shaped curve
✔✔reliability - ✔✔test's ability to give the same results in repeated measurements
✔✔validity - ✔✔degree which a measurement reflects the true value of what it intents to
measure
✔✔predictive value - ✔✔extent to which a test can differentiate between
presence/absence of a person's condition
✔✔sensitivity - ✔✔probability that a test will be positive when applied to a person with a
particular condition
✔✔specificity - ✔✔probability the a test will negative when applied to a person without a
particular condition
✔✔epidemiology - ✔✔study go patterns of disease involving populations
✔✔what are types of epidemiology and know what each stands for - ✔✔Endemic
Disease: native to local region
Epidemic Disease: Spread to many people at the same time
Pandemic Disease: Spread to large geographic areas
✔✔what are the three levels of prevention? define each one - ✔✔Primary: altering
susceptibility/reducing exposure for suceptible persons
