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NR 503 MIDTERM REVIEW
ALREADY GRADED A+
Question : vital statistics
Correct answer: The collection, tabulation, and
interpretation of data concerning birth, marriage, divorce, sickness, and death.
Question : Morbidity
Correct answer: presence of illness in population
Question : mortality
Correct answer: related to tracking of deaths in a
population
Question : cases
Correct answer: people afflicted (those who are sick)
Question : social justice
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Correct answer: justice in terms of the distribution of
wealth, opportunities, and privileges within a society.
Question : Epidemiology
Correct answer: the branch of medicine that deals with the
incidence, distribution, and possible control of diseases and other factors relating to health.
Question : Population Health
Correct answer: health outcomes of a group of people,
and the distribution of those outcomes within the group
Question : Incidence
Correct answer: number of new cases
Question : Prevalence
Correct answer: The number or proportion of cases of a
particular disease or condition present in a population at a within a specific time frame
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Question : Outcomes
Correct answer: End result that follows an intervention
Question : Inter-professional collaboration
Correct answer: Health professionals work together in
small groups providing care. Examples: oncology, OR,
end of life or primary care.
Question : Healthy People 2020
Correct answer: A set of disease prevention and health
promotion objectives for Americans to meet during the second decade of the new millennium.
Question : Determinants of health
Correct 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.
Question : Campaign for Action
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Correct answer: mobilizes nurses, health providers,
consumers to strengthen nursing through policy changes.Goal based on IOM future of nursing report.
Question : primary intervention
Correct answer: process of altering susceptibility or
reducing exposure to prevent disease prior to the person
getting it, ex: immunizations, tobacco prevention
initiatives
Question : secondary intervention
Correct answer: early detection of disease or risk factors
and intervention during an asymptomatic phase, ex: pap
smear, rapid HIV, annual cholesterol test
Question : tertiary intervention
Correct answer: an intervention that occurs after the
initial occurrence of symptoms but before irreversible