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NR 503 Midterm testPrimary Prevention - answerpreventing the initial development of disease or an action
taken to prevent the development of a disease in a person who is well and does not
have that disease
Secondary prevention - answerearly detection of existing disease to reduce severity and
complications or identifying people in whom a disease process has already begun, but
who have not developed symptoms
tertiary prevention - answerreducing the impact of the disease or preventing
complications in those who have already developed signs and symptoms of an illness
and have been diagnosed
clinical disease - answerdisease characterized by signs and symptoms
subclinical disease - answerdisease that is not clinically apparent and is not destined to
become clinically apparent
persistent (chronic) disease - answerdisease or symptoms that persist for years or for a
lifetime
latent disease - answeran infection with no active multiplication of the agent
pandemic - answeran excessive occurrence of disease present globally
endemic - answerhabitual presence of a disease within a geographical area
common-vehicle exposure - answerwhen a group of people are exposed to a substance
or organism that causes common illness
epidemic - answeroccurrence of a disease in a community/geographic area in excess of
normal expectancy
herd immunity - answerresistance of a group of people to a disease because a large
portion of the population is immune
what is one medical advance that is associated with the Black Death in Europe in the
late 1300's? - answerTe incubation period for disease/infection was identified through
isolation or quarantine of travelers entering the seaport of Ragusa, Italy. It was found
that 30 days was not enough time to isolate a patient to prevent transmission of the
disease to other and this time period was lengthened to 40 days.
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