NR 503 Weeks 1-4 UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORECT Answers
Every NP interaction is opportunity to address - CORRECT ANSWER - risk factors for
disease
HP 2020 has ________ levels of prevention - CORRECT ANSWER -3
the most helpful tool for finding population risk factors and indicators of health - CORRECT
ANSWER - HP 2020
Name the added objectives of HP 2020 that were not part of 2010 (13 total) - CORRECT
ANSWER - global health
healthcare associated disease
preparedness
quality of life
alzheimers
genomics
LGBT
adolescent health
blood safety and disorders
childhood
older adults
sleep health
social determinants of health
define social determinants of health - CORRECT ANSWER - access to cleanliness of
water food and air / other environmental influences
,the US preventative services task force (USPSTF) recommending women who have a known
family hx of mutations in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes be tested or consult genetics counseling
is an example of what HP 2020 added goal - CORRECT ANSWER - genomics guidelines
what is the adolescent health goal initiative added in the HP 2020 - CORRECT
ANSWER - USPSTF recommends screening for HIV in high risk groups
the USPSTF recommends screening all newborns for sickle cell disease -- this is an example of
which HP 2020 initiative - CORRECT ANSWER - blood disorders and safety
Define epidemiology - CORRECT ANSWER - The study of the distribution and
determinants of health-related states or events in specified populations, and the application of
this study to the control of health problems.
what is the "triad" of disease or infection - CORRECT ANSWER - host agent environment
diseases with short or long incubation periods tend to have increased rates of transmission -
CORRECT ANSWER - long - because often it is spread while patients are asymptomatic
nurse who founded the red cross and served as a nurse in the civil war - CORRECT
ANSWER - Clara Barton
nurse who developed the idea that environment and social phenomena could be measured and
analyzed and was applicable to patient health - CORRECT ANSWER - florence
nightengale
nurse in KY that started the Frontier nursing services - CORRECT ANSWER - mary
breckinridge
the ACA was enacted in - CORRECT ANSWER - 2010
, What was the Affordable Care Act? - CORRECT ANSWER - protect patients from being
denied
insurance necessary
creation of markets for insurance
according to CMS (center for medicaid) what are the 3 reasons that healthcare spending is
growing faster than the GDP - CORRECT ANSWER - income growth
aging population
increasing cost of medical services and supplies
what are 2 indicators used to measure a country's health - CORRECT ANSWER - life
expectancy at birth
infant mortality
what are 2 things that IOM hypothesizes are contributing to the low health indicator scores in the
US - CORRECT ANSWER - poor data collection and reporting on statistics
poor collection and publishing of information on risk factors for chronic disease
science of public health - CORRECT ANSWER - epidemiology
composed of multiple aggregates - CORRECT ANSWER - community
what is an aggregate in public health - CORRECT ANSWER - a subset of the population
Exam Questions and CORECT Answers
Every NP interaction is opportunity to address - CORRECT ANSWER - risk factors for
disease
HP 2020 has ________ levels of prevention - CORRECT ANSWER -3
the most helpful tool for finding population risk factors and indicators of health - CORRECT
ANSWER - HP 2020
Name the added objectives of HP 2020 that were not part of 2010 (13 total) - CORRECT
ANSWER - global health
healthcare associated disease
preparedness
quality of life
alzheimers
genomics
LGBT
adolescent health
blood safety and disorders
childhood
older adults
sleep health
social determinants of health
define social determinants of health - CORRECT ANSWER - access to cleanliness of
water food and air / other environmental influences
,the US preventative services task force (USPSTF) recommending women who have a known
family hx of mutations in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes be tested or consult genetics counseling
is an example of what HP 2020 added goal - CORRECT ANSWER - genomics guidelines
what is the adolescent health goal initiative added in the HP 2020 - CORRECT
ANSWER - USPSTF recommends screening for HIV in high risk groups
the USPSTF recommends screening all newborns for sickle cell disease -- this is an example of
which HP 2020 initiative - CORRECT ANSWER - blood disorders and safety
Define epidemiology - CORRECT ANSWER - The study of the distribution and
determinants of health-related states or events in specified populations, and the application of
this study to the control of health problems.
what is the "triad" of disease or infection - CORRECT ANSWER - host agent environment
diseases with short or long incubation periods tend to have increased rates of transmission -
CORRECT ANSWER - long - because often it is spread while patients are asymptomatic
nurse who founded the red cross and served as a nurse in the civil war - CORRECT
ANSWER - Clara Barton
nurse who developed the idea that environment and social phenomena could be measured and
analyzed and was applicable to patient health - CORRECT ANSWER - florence
nightengale
nurse in KY that started the Frontier nursing services - CORRECT ANSWER - mary
breckinridge
the ACA was enacted in - CORRECT ANSWER - 2010
, What was the Affordable Care Act? - CORRECT ANSWER - protect patients from being
denied
insurance necessary
creation of markets for insurance
according to CMS (center for medicaid) what are the 3 reasons that healthcare spending is
growing faster than the GDP - CORRECT ANSWER - income growth
aging population
increasing cost of medical services and supplies
what are 2 indicators used to measure a country's health - CORRECT ANSWER - life
expectancy at birth
infant mortality
what are 2 things that IOM hypothesizes are contributing to the low health indicator scores in the
US - CORRECT ANSWER - poor data collection and reporting on statistics
poor collection and publishing of information on risk factors for chronic disease
science of public health - CORRECT ANSWER - epidemiology
composed of multiple aggregates - CORRECT ANSWER - community
what is an aggregate in public health - CORRECT ANSWER - a subset of the population
