NR 503 MIDTERM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERSNR 503 MIDTERM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERSNR 503 MIDTERM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
health disparities - ANSWER - differences in health outcomes among groups
Population - ANSWER - A group of individuals that belong to the same species and live in the same area
How ar...
NR 503 MIDTERM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
health disparities - ANSWER - differences in health outcomes among groups
Population - ANSWER - A group of individuals that belong to the same species and live in the
same area
How are outcomes measured? - ANSWER - the end result after treatment/intervention that
describes a patients health status
social justice theory - ANSWER - relates advocacy, health disparities and outcomes (equality)
primary intervention - ANSWER - an intervention that occurs before the onset of the disease
secondary intervention - ANSWER - after disease but before symptoms *screening*
health inequity - ANSWER - a difference or disparity in health outcomes that is systematic,
avoidable, and unjust
Social Justice - ANSWER - the defense of human dignity by ensuring that essential human
needs are met and that essential human rights are protected for all people
Campaign for Action - ANSWER - limit health disparities across the nation
how is descriptive epidemiology used? - ANSWER - investigates health problem, used to
change natural HX of disease, tracked by database
Causation - ANSWER - A cause and effect relationship in which one variable controls the
changes in another variable.
, Sources of epidemiological data - ANSWER - HP 2020, Quick Health Data Online System,
NCHS, AAMC, Health Equity
Screening and Diagnostic Tests - ANSWER - ** population specific
** should be tested and have available statistics that speak to their specificity, sensitivity, and +
predictive value
Speceficity - ANSWER - Patients DO NOT have disease and were given negative test results
Sensitivity - ANSWER - Patients who DO have disease AND are given positive test results
Sensitive to the truth
+ predictive value - ANSWER - Probability that a person with a + result truly does have the
disease
descriptive epidemiology - ANSWER - collection and analysis of data: what, who, where, when,
why/how (causes, risk factors, modes of transportation)
causation - ANSWER - A cause and effect relationship in which one variable controls the
changes in another variable.
tertiary intervention - ANSWER - rehabilitation to the highest level of functioning
(prevents disease from getting worse)
Provider determining to use a screening test? - ANSWER - used to reduce morbidity/mortality
by detecting diseases early. (pap smear, mammogram, ect)
Determined by: -Sensitivity and specificity are measures of a test's ability to correctly classify a
person as having a disease or not having a disease. Predictive Value: the probability of having
the disease.
Found at: CDC
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