Nr-503 Midterm Study Guide

vital statistics - Answer- The collection, tabulation, and interpretation of data concerning birth, marriage, divorce, sickness, and death. Morbidity - Answer- presence of illness in population mortality - Answer- related to tracking of deaths in a population cases - Answer- people afflicted (those who are sick) social justice - Answer- justice in terms of the distribution of wealth, opportunities, and privileges within a society. Epidemiology - Answer- the branch of medicine that deals with the incidence, distribution, and possible control of diseases and other factors relating to health. Population Health - Answer- health outcomes of a group of people, and the distribution of those outcomes within the group Incidence - Answer- number of new cases Prevalence - 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 - Answer- End result that follows an intervention Inter-professional collaboration - Answer- Health professionals work together in small groups providing care. Examples: oncology, OR, end of life or primary care. Healthy People 2020 - 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 - 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 - Answer- mobilizes nurses, health providers, consumers to strengthen nursing through policy changes. Goal based on IOM future of nursing report. primary intervention - Answer- process of altering susceptibility or reducing exposure to prevent disease prior to the person getting it, ex: immunizations, tobacco prevention initiatives