PPNC Module 1 Test Questions &
Answers 2024/2025
population - ANSWERSa collection of individuals who have one or more personal or environmental
characteristics in common
hospital nursing - ANSWERSspots in a patient's life
public health nursing - ANSWERSall of the times and spaces between stars on graph, time not in hospital
or patients not in hospital
public health - ANSWERSintervention that benefits entire community
population-focused health care - ANSWERSpublic health intervention targeted toward specific group
within community
population health - ANSWERSinterventions to help the population
epidemiology - ANSWERS-the method used to find the causes of health outcomes and diseases in
populations
-the study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states and events in specified
populations
-the application of this study to health problems
demographics - ANSWERS-objective characteristics of a population
-age, marital status, family size, racial origin, present or prior disease, religion, income, and education
clinical description - ANSWERSphysical signs and symptoms
, epidemiological description - ANSWERScharacteristics of persons associated with frequency of diabetes
in certain populations
distribution - ANSWERSfrequency (number of cases and relationship of the number to the population)
and pattern (occurrence of health-related events by time, place, and person)
prevalence - ANSWERSthe proportion of a population who have a specific characteristic in a given time
period
social justice - ANSWERSthe view that everyone deserves equal economic, political and social right and
opportunities
market justice values - ANSWERSmore individualized
health disparities - ANSWERSpreventable differences in the burden of disease, injury, violence, or in
opportunities to achieve optimal health experienced by socially disadvantaged racial, ethnic, and other
population groups, and communities
ethics - ANSWERSa branch of philosophy that includes both a body of knowledge about the moral life
and a process of reflection for determining what persons ought to do or be, regarding this life
bioethics - ANSWERSa branch of ethics that applies to knowledge and processes of ethics to the
examination of ethical problems in health care
consequentialism - ANSWERSan approach to ethical decision making that maintains that the right action
produces the greatest amount of good or least amount of harm in any given situation
utilitarianism - ANSWERSthe value of something is determined by its usefulness: the greatest good for
the greatest number of people
deontology - ANSWERSmay conclude that the action is right or wrong in and of itself, regardless of the
amount of good that might come from it
Answers 2024/2025
population - ANSWERSa collection of individuals who have one or more personal or environmental
characteristics in common
hospital nursing - ANSWERSspots in a patient's life
public health nursing - ANSWERSall of the times and spaces between stars on graph, time not in hospital
or patients not in hospital
public health - ANSWERSintervention that benefits entire community
population-focused health care - ANSWERSpublic health intervention targeted toward specific group
within community
population health - ANSWERSinterventions to help the population
epidemiology - ANSWERS-the method used to find the causes of health outcomes and diseases in
populations
-the study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states and events in specified
populations
-the application of this study to health problems
demographics - ANSWERS-objective characteristics of a population
-age, marital status, family size, racial origin, present or prior disease, religion, income, and education
clinical description - ANSWERSphysical signs and symptoms
, epidemiological description - ANSWERScharacteristics of persons associated with frequency of diabetes
in certain populations
distribution - ANSWERSfrequency (number of cases and relationship of the number to the population)
and pattern (occurrence of health-related events by time, place, and person)
prevalence - ANSWERSthe proportion of a population who have a specific characteristic in a given time
period
social justice - ANSWERSthe view that everyone deserves equal economic, political and social right and
opportunities
market justice values - ANSWERSmore individualized
health disparities - ANSWERSpreventable differences in the burden of disease, injury, violence, or in
opportunities to achieve optimal health experienced by socially disadvantaged racial, ethnic, and other
population groups, and communities
ethics - ANSWERSa branch of philosophy that includes both a body of knowledge about the moral life
and a process of reflection for determining what persons ought to do or be, regarding this life
bioethics - ANSWERSa branch of ethics that applies to knowledge and processes of ethics to the
examination of ethical problems in health care
consequentialism - ANSWERSan approach to ethical decision making that maintains that the right action
produces the greatest amount of good or least amount of harm in any given situation
utilitarianism - ANSWERSthe value of something is determined by its usefulness: the greatest good for
the greatest number of people
deontology - ANSWERSmay conclude that the action is right or wrong in and of itself, regardless of the
amount of good that might come from it
