NR 503 EPI MIDTERM EXAM QUIZZES
WITH THE SUITABLE CORRECT
ANSWERS.GRADE A+
Whether the study measures what it was supposed to measure - answer ✔✔-Internal Validity
The generalizability of the results to other populations - answer ✔✔-External Validity
The ability of test results being replicated if the test is repeated - answer ✔✔-Reliability
Study of the laws of chance - answer ✔✔-Probability
The tests' ability to yield a positive result when the person actually has the condition, disease, or
disorder - answer ✔✔-Sensitivity
The tests' ability to yield a negative result when the person does not have the condition - answer ✔✔-
Specificity
Tests with 100% sensitivity and specificity - answer ✔✔-Gold Standard
Probability the person actually having the disease when the screening test or diagnostic test is positive -
answer ✔✔-Positive predictive value
The probability of the person being free of disease when the screening test or diagnostic test is negative
- answer ✔✔-Negative Predictive Value (NPV)
Referring to results that have clinical significance - answer ✔✔-Clinically significant
, Nature of the disease and how it progresses - answer ✔✔-Natural history of disease
Interventions aimed at preventing the condition, disorder or disease - answer ✔✔-primary prevention
Interventions aimed at detecting a disease early in its course - answer ✔✔-secondary prevention
Limiting the effects of the disease once it is established - answer ✔✔-Tertiary prevention
Occurs when the test correctly reports disease presence when disease is in fact present - answer ✔✔-
True Positive (TP)
Occurs when the test incorrectly reports disease presence when disease is, in fact absent - answer ✔✔-
False positive
Occurs when the test incorrectly reports the abscence of disease when disease is in fact present -
answer ✔✔-False negative
Encouraged by Robert Wood, focuses on specific aspects of health and healthcare based on the Institute
of Medicine's recommendations. They aim to improve health through nursing. - answer ✔✔-Campaign
for action
Provisional weekly updates of reportable diseases can be accessed electronically - answer ✔✔-
Morbidity and mortality weekly report (MMWR)
Major surgery source conducted through mobile examination centers held at randomly selected sites
throughout the US - answer ✔✔-National health and nutrition examination survey (NHANES)
Intent is to respond to the status of healthcare quality in the US, identify where improvements are
needed, and describe how the quality of health are is given to the population over time. - answer ✔✔-
National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR)
WITH THE SUITABLE CORRECT
ANSWERS.GRADE A+
Whether the study measures what it was supposed to measure - answer ✔✔-Internal Validity
The generalizability of the results to other populations - answer ✔✔-External Validity
The ability of test results being replicated if the test is repeated - answer ✔✔-Reliability
Study of the laws of chance - answer ✔✔-Probability
The tests' ability to yield a positive result when the person actually has the condition, disease, or
disorder - answer ✔✔-Sensitivity
The tests' ability to yield a negative result when the person does not have the condition - answer ✔✔-
Specificity
Tests with 100% sensitivity and specificity - answer ✔✔-Gold Standard
Probability the person actually having the disease when the screening test or diagnostic test is positive -
answer ✔✔-Positive predictive value
The probability of the person being free of disease when the screening test or diagnostic test is negative
- answer ✔✔-Negative Predictive Value (NPV)
Referring to results that have clinical significance - answer ✔✔-Clinically significant
, Nature of the disease and how it progresses - answer ✔✔-Natural history of disease
Interventions aimed at preventing the condition, disorder or disease - answer ✔✔-primary prevention
Interventions aimed at detecting a disease early in its course - answer ✔✔-secondary prevention
Limiting the effects of the disease once it is established - answer ✔✔-Tertiary prevention
Occurs when the test correctly reports disease presence when disease is in fact present - answer ✔✔-
True Positive (TP)
Occurs when the test incorrectly reports disease presence when disease is, in fact absent - answer ✔✔-
False positive
Occurs when the test incorrectly reports the abscence of disease when disease is in fact present -
answer ✔✔-False negative
Encouraged by Robert Wood, focuses on specific aspects of health and healthcare based on the Institute
of Medicine's recommendations. They aim to improve health through nursing. - answer ✔✔-Campaign
for action
Provisional weekly updates of reportable diseases can be accessed electronically - answer ✔✔-
Morbidity and mortality weekly report (MMWR)
Major surgery source conducted through mobile examination centers held at randomly selected sites
throughout the US - answer ✔✔-National health and nutrition examination survey (NHANES)
Intent is to respond to the status of healthcare quality in the US, identify where improvements are
needed, and describe how the quality of health are is given to the population over time. - answer ✔✔-
National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR)
