Incidence vs prevalence - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Diagnostic Skills Exam OSCE (DSE OSCE) – Questions and Answers 2023 Pre-Med required for? - Correct answer-- Prosthetic heart valves, or prosthetic material used for cardiac valve repair. - Hx of infective endocarditis - cyonotic heart disease - valve regurgitation w. heart thingys (even if has transplant or was repaired already) [According to limited data, infective endocarditis appears to be more common in heart transplant recipients than in the general population; the risk of infect...

Bias in study design Systematic , nonrandom variation in study methodology and/or data collection process that results in an incorrect estimate of association between exposure and outcome affecting the true value of the result Ex of bias: - Selection bias: systematic selection of subjects that leads to an imbalance or an advantage in favor of one cohort over the other, leading to an error in the selection, or sampling of individuals for a clinical study -observational or information bias...

Epidemiology Triangle - - depends on the extent of the host's exposure to an agent, the strength or virulence of the agent, and the host's genetic or immunological susceptibility. - also depends on the environmental conditions existing at the time of exposure Incidence Rate - describe the occurrence of new cases of a disease or condition in a community over a period of time relative to the size of the population at risk for that disease or condition during that same time pe...

S/S of a hemolytic transfusion reaction - Answer low back pain, tachycardia, hypotension What vaccine is safe to administer to a client who is pregnant? - Answer Tdap (between 27-36 weeks) What is Sims' position? - Answer Client is side-lying with flexion of hip and knee What are some potential causes of fixed, dilated pupils? - Answer Brain aneurysm, brain tumor, cerebral edema head trauma, increased intracranial pressure, intracranial hemorrhage, stroke What is incidence p...

KINE 1102 EXAM 1 Lectures 2-11 ALL SOLUTION LATEST 2024 GUARANTEED GRADE A+ Early observations Living a long and healthy life has long been correlated with physical activity and physical fitness Records of earliest PA/health promotion date back to 2500 BC Terminology: Health Promotion Health promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health. Organized exercise Structured exercise is exercise that is performed with an underlying purpose and...

Con of tertiary literature? lag time for updates; interpretation is dependent on author opinion; often incomplete Tertiary literature works that summarize, discuss, criticize, etc., the primary literature - guidelines, texts, ACCESS pharmacy Secondary literature index of abstract primary and teriary literature found in journals, provides a rapid method to search for primary literature - Medline, PubMed Evidence-based medicine? The conscientious explicity and judicio...

Chapter 1 – The Science of Nutrition Multiple Choice Answer, level, page Level: K = knowledge, A = application/critical thinking What Do We Mean by “Nutrition”? (pp. 5-8) a A 6 1. Which of the following ingredients in a box of toaster pastries would contribute macronutrients to one’s diet? a. Water, high-fructose corn syrup, egg yolk b. Niacin, folic acid, sucralose c. Riboflavin, salt, sodium benzoate d. Thiamin mononitrate, soybean oil, sugar c K 5 2. The term “n...

Prospective study - ANSWER-Study that follows a group of people over time and watches for outcomes Retrospective study - ANSWER-Study that looks at past exposure events or protection factors in relation to an already determined outcome. Case-Control study - ANSWER-Start with an outcome and go back to study the risk factors Cohort Study - ANSWER-Start with the risk factors and see who develops the disease and who does not. Index Case - ANSWER-First identified case in a group of relate...

___?___ is the positive component of health while disease, illness, and debilitating conditions are what detract from health - Answer-Wellness What is the leading cause of death in the United States? - Answer-Heart Disease What is the leading cause of Heart Disease? - Answer-Tobacco ___?___ is the number of new cases of disease - Answer-Incidence ___?___ is the total number of disease cases - Answer-Prevalence A ___?___ ___?___ is anything that increases your chances of chronic disease - A...

Community Health Nursing Theories - Nightingale's Theory of Environment - Health Belief Model - Likelihood of Taking Action Factors - *Nightingale's Theory of Environment*: Focuses on impact of a person's environment on their health. Focus in on preventative care (washing hands, clean environment). *Health Belief Model*: Assumes a persons primary motivation in taking positive health actions is to avoid getting a disease. *Likelihood of taking action is based on*: 1. Modifying variab...