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NR 503:Week 4 Study Guide(A+ Guaranteed)

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NR 503 Week 4 Midterm Study Guide: As you finish off week three and go into week four please remember that the Mid-Term exam is coming up. Please go back and review content from the previous weeks: ... NR 503 Week One – Definitions 1. Epidemiology- science of public health 2. Disease surveillance- Collection, analysis, dissemination of data o – Endemic o – Epidemic o – Pandemic 2. Common vehicle 3. Morbidity- Presence of illness in population 4. Mortality-related to the tracking of deaths within an aggregate 5. Risk- increase chance of poor health outcome 6. Incidence- Measures the appearance of new cases 7. Prevalence- measure the existence of all current cases within a time frame 8. Mortality rates 9. Case-fatality rates 10. Secondary prevention- screening and diagnosis of disease 11. Population Health-Focuses on risk .data, demographics, and outcomes 12. Aggregate- The Population NR 503 Week Two – Definitions 1. Validity-the ability of that test to distinguish correctly who has a disease. 2. Sensitivity-the ability of a test to correctly identify those who have a disease 3. Specificity-he ability of a test to correctly identify those who do not have the disease [Show More]

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