NR 503 Week 8 Reflection Reflect back over the past 8 weeks and describe how the achievement of the course outcomes in this course have prepared you to meet the MSN program outcome #2 and the MSN Essential IV, and NP Competencies: Nurse Practitioner Core Competency (NONPF) #4 MSN Program Outcome #2: Create a caring environment for achieving quality health outcomes (Care-focused) MSN Essential IV: Translating and Integrating Scholarship into Practice NP Competencies: Nurse Practitioner Core Compe...

NR 503 Week 5 Assignment, Infectious Disease Paper – Influenza Criteria for Content Apply the concepts of epidemiology to a communicable disease.Choose one communicable disease from the following list: INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING IN YOUR ASSIGNMENT: Description of the communicable disease (causes, symptoms, mode of transmission, complications, treatment) and the demographic of interest (mortality, morbidity, incidence, and prevalence). Describe the determinants of health and explain how those factor...

NR 503 Final Exam Study Guide Chapter 2-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-15, 16-20. NR 503 Final Exam Study Guide Which of the following is a condition which may occur during the incubation period? The ability of a single person to remain free of clinical illness following exposure to an infectious agent is known as: ……characteristic of a single-exposure, common-vehicle outbreak? __ diarrhea attack rate in persons who ate both ice cream and pizza? What is the overall attack rate in persons who did not eat ic...

NR 503 Midterm Exam-Questions and Answers Which of the following is a condition which may occur during the incubation period? Chicken pox is a highly communicable disease. It may be transmitted by direct contact with a person infected with the varicella-zoster virus (VZV). The typical incubation time is between 10 to 20 days. A boy started school 2 weeks after showing symptoms of chicken pox including mild fever, skin rash, and fluid-filled blisters. One month after the boy returned to school, n...

NR 503 Final Exam Study Guide Which of the following is a condition which may occur during the incubation period? The ability of a single person to remain free of clinical illness following exposure to an infectious agent is known as: ……characteristic of a single-exposure, common-vehicle outbreak? __ diarrhea attack rate in persons who ate both ice cream and pizza? What is the overall attack rate in persons who did not eat ice cream? … items (or combination of items) is most likely to b...

NR 503 Final Exam Guide CHAPTER 9 to 15 A study is planned to investigate the relationship of factors associated with maternal hypertension and the risk of congenital birth defects in children born to these women. Which of the following would be a reason for using a cohort study design? A researcher is interested in the etiology of myocardial infarction (MI) among men between 18 and 40 years of age. Her hypothesis concerns the influence of diets high in fat and subsequent development of MI. Wha...

NR 503 Week 6 Assignment, Evaluation of an Epidemiological Disease or Problem – Diabetes This paper should clearly and comprehensively identify the disease or population health problem chosen. The problem … geographic area and a concern for the population you will serve upon graduation with your degree. The paper should … organized into the following sections: Introduction with a clear presentation of the problem as well as significance and a scholarly overview of the paper. Background o...

NR 503 Key Concept and Relative Risk Calculation Answer Key Define Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary prevention. Define the following: Clinical Disease Preclinical Disease Subclinical Disease Persistent (Chronic) Disease Latent Disease Match the following terms with their definition: Pandemic Endemic Common-Vehicle Exposure Epidemic Herd Immunity What is the one medical advance that is associated with the Black Death in Europe in the late 1300’s? Define, through a fractional represen...

NR 503 Midterm Exam EPI – Question and Answers Which of the following statements best describe efficacy? A study is conducted for a pharmaceutical agent that has shown promise for reducing heart disease among women. In order to more fully test the agent, an additional study is done restricting the participants to be randomized to those who have a history of hypertension. Which of the following advantages cannot be claimed by the researchers? What is the main advantage of the randomization of t...

NR 503 Final Exam Study Guide Chapter 5-6 In a community-based hypertension testing program called HT-Aware, the detection level for high blood pressure is set at 140 mmHg for systolic blood pressure. A separate testing program called HT-Warning in the same community sets the level at 130 mmHg for high systolic blood pressure. Which statements are likely to be true? A school nurse examined a population of 1,000 children in an attempt to detect nearsightedness. The prevalence of myopia in this p...