NR-503 Midterm Study Guide

- vital statistics The collection, tabulation, and interpretation of data concerning birth, marriage, divorce, sickness, and death. - Morbidity presence of illness in population - mortality related to tracking of deaths in a population - cases people afflicted (those who are sick) - social justice justice in terms of the distribution of wealth, opportunities, and privileges within a society. - Epidemiology the branch of medicine that deals with the incidence, distribution, and possible control of diseases and other factors relating to health. - Population Health health outcomes of a group of people, and the distribution of those outcomes within the group - Incidence number of new cases - Prevalence The number or proportion of cases of a particular disease or condition present in a population at a within a specific time frame - Outcomes End result that follows an intervention - Inter-professional collaboration Health professionals work together in small groups providing care. Examples: oncology, OR, end of life or primary care.- Healthy People 2020 A set of disease prevention and health promotion objectives for Americans to meet during the second decade of the new millennium. - Determinants of health 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 mobilizes nurses, health providers, consumers to strengthen nursing through policy changes. Goal based on IOM future of nursing report. - primary intervention process of altering susceptibility or reducing exposure to prevent disease prior to the person getting it, ex: immunizations, tobacco prevention initiatives - secondary intervention early detection of disease or risk factors and intervention during an asymptomatic phase, ex: pap smear, rapid HIV, annual cholesterol test - tertiary intervention an intervention that occurs after the initial occurrence of symptoms but before irreversible disability occurs, ex: cardiac rehab programs - aggregate defined population - community composed of multiple aggregates - high risk populations Certain groups of people who have a higher risk of getting an illness than others - Validity The ability of a test to measure what it is intended to measure