NR503 Final Exam Questions and Answers (Graded A)NR503 Final Exam Questions and Answers (Graded A)NR503 Final Exam Questions and Answers (Graded A)NR503 Final Exam Questions and Answers (Graded A)
Pandemic - ANSWER - a global epidemic of disease that spreads to more than one continent
Outbreak ...
NR503 Final Exam Questions and
Answers (Graded A)
Pandemic - ANSWER - a global epidemic of disease that spreads to more than one continent
Outbreak - ANSWER - the occurrence of disease in excess of what would normally be expected
in a community, location, or time of year. May last a matter of days, weeks, or years
Quarantine - ANSWER - The separation and restriction of people who were exposed to
contagious disease to see whether they become ill
Isolation - ANSWER - seperation of sick people from those who are not ill
Disaster epidemiology - ANSWER - the use of epidemiology to assess short- and long- term
health effects of disasters. Predict consequences of of future disasters.
Brings together various topic areas of epidemiology including acute, communicable disease,
environmental health, occupational health, chronic disease, injury, mental health, and behavioral
health
What causes new strains/outbreaks of disease - ANSWER - Antigenic Drift & Antigentic Shift
Antigenic Drift - ANSWER - SMALL CHANGES (mutations) in the genes of a virus that can lead
to surface protein changes
-happen continually over time as virus replicates
-Why people can get a virus (flu) more than once and why vaccines have to be updated
Accommodation - ANSWER - to create an environment that accommodates health practices
and ritual from other cultures within a plan of care
, Acculturation - ANSWER - Degree to which an individual from one culture has given up the traits
of that culture and adopted the traits of the dominant culture where they live
Assimilation - ANSWER - the social, environments, and political integration of a cultural group
into a mainstream society to where they have emigrated
Antigenic Shift - ANSWER - Abrupt, MAJOR CHANGES in a virus, resulting in new surface
proteins that may affect humans
-happens less than the drift
-example: virus from an animal population now gains the ability to infect humans
Type A viruses - ANSWER - undergo both antigenic drift and shift
the only flu viruses known to cause PANDEMICS
Type B viruses - ANSWER - change only by the more gradual process of antigenic shift
Preparation and Actions for future Pandemics - ANSWER - CDC will request the public and
healthcare provides to decrease the spread of disease through isolation, closing schools, and
distance
-GOALS: maximize safety, meet basics of care, plan & education in place for infection control
Pandemic Severity Index - ANSWER - Category 1 (least deaths)-5 (most deaths) , based on
case fatality ratio
Implicit Bias - ANSWER - thoughts and feelings that we are unaware of or mistaken about
having a preference of aversion to a group of people
having an attitude towards people or associating with stereotypes without conscious knowledge
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