Midterm Exam: NR 503/ NR503
Epidemiology Exam Review |Weeks 1-4|
Guide with Questions and Verified Answers
(2023/ 2024 Update)-Chamberlain
Q: The focus on assessing risk, data and demographics for large groups is the practice of……..
Answer:
population health
Q: A provider is working on collecting outcome data for an intervention to increase the quality
of life for spouses providing care to their spouses with dementia. What would the family
members who received the intervention (those spouses receiving the intervention) be referred to?
Answer:
aggregate
Q: Collection, analysis, dissemination of data in healthcare .
Answer:
surveillance
Q: leading preventable mortality in the US
Answer:
smoking
Q: cancers associated with obesity (8)
Answer:
breast
colon
esophageal
gallbladder
pancreatic
thyroid
endometrial
kidney
Q: Health Disparities
Answer:
differences in incidence or prevalence of illness or difference in opportunity to reach health
equity
Q: Health Equity
Answer:
reducing/eliminating disparities in health and the determinants that adversely affect marginalized
groups
Q: Is health equity a process, outcome, or both?
Answer:
Both
Q: In perspective of population, how can a health outcome be measured
Answer:
mortality rates and life expectancies
Q: How can APRNs best determine the effectiveness of an intervention and long-term impact
of an intervention
Answer:
accurate assessment and interpretation of data
Q: How can outcomes be classified
Answer:
By categories of who, what, and when
Q: Examples of classifying outcomes by “who”
Answer:
individual
aggregate
communities
populations
organizations
Q: Examples of classifying outcomes by “what”
Answer:
type of care
type of patient
type performance relates outcomes
Q: Examples of classifying outcomes by “When”
Answer:
short-term
intermediate
long-term
Q: What is the Donabedian Framework used for
Answer:
evaluate quality of care in nursing and healthcare
Q: What are the 3 components of the Donabedian framework
Answer:
structure
process
outcome
Q: Donabedian framework- structure
Answer:
health care resources:
number and type of health and social service agencies
health service utilization indicators
communities educational and socioeconomic levels in relation to demographic measures
Q: Donabedian Framework- process
Answer:
healthcare delivery methods