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NR 503 WEEK 4 MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2025 Which of the following statements about person-years is not true? • It is a valid denominator for estimates of risk for individuals A nurse practitioner working in a primary care practice is analyzing end of the year out...

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NR 503 WEEK 4 MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2025

Which of the following statements about person-years is not true?

• It is a valid denominator for estimates of risk for individuals

A nurse practitioner working in a primary care practice is analyzing end of the year outcome
indicators utilizing the HEDIS categories. Which of the following is a HEDIS category? Select
all that apply.
• Effectiveness of care
• Access/availability of care
• Satisfaction with the experience of care
• Use of services
• Cost of care

The Institute for Healthcare Improvement uses a rapid cycle improvement model. The key
features of this model are:
• Plan, Do, Study, Act

Which of the following is an example of a period prevalence rate?

• Percentage of people in the US who had asthma during the past 12 months of
any particular year

The population of a city on February 15, 2005, was 36,600. The city has a passive
surveillance system that collects hospital and private physician reports of influenza cases
every month. During the period between January 1 and April 1, 2005, 2,200 new cases of
influenza occurred in the city. Of these cases,

,775 persons were ill with influenza according to surveillance reports on April 1, 2005. The
prevalence rate of active influenza as of April 1, 2005, was:
• 20 per 1,000 population

The population of a city on February 15, 2005, was 36,600. The city has a passive
surveillance system that collects hospital and private physician reports of influenza cases
every month. During the period between January 1 and April 1, 2005, 2,200 new cases of
influenza occurred in the city. Of these cases, 775 persons were ill with influenza according
to surveillance reports on April 1, 2005. The monthly incidence rate of active cases of
influenza for the 3-month period was:
• 20 per 1,000 population

What would be the effect on age-specific incidence rates of uterine cancer if women with
hysterectomies were excluded from the denominator of incidence calculations assuming
that most women who have had hysterectomies are older than 50 years of age?
• Rates would increase in women older than 50 years of age but may decrease
in younger women as they get older.

The ability of a single person to remain free of clinical illness following exposure to an
infectious agent is known as:
• Immunity

Which of the following reasons can explain why a person who did not consume the infective
food item got sick?

• All of the above

Which of the food items (or combination of items) is most likely to be the infective items(s)?
• Ice cream only

, The case-fatality rate associated with plague is lowest in which community?
• Community C

The incidence and prevalence rates of a chronic childhood illness for a specific community
are given below

• The duration of disease is becoming longer.

The following table gives the mean annual age-specific mortality rates from measles during
the first 25 years of life in successive 5-year periods. You may assume that the population is
in a steady state (i.e., migrations out are equal to migrations in). Based on the information
above, one may conclude:
• Children ages 5 to 9 had the highest rate of death in all periods

In a country with a population of 16 million people, 175,000 deaths occurred during the year
ending December 31, 2005. These included 45,000 deaths from tuberculosis (TB) in
135,000 persons who were sick with TB. Assume that the population remained constant
throughout the year. Not all 135,000 cases of TB were contracted during 2005. Which of the
following statements is true?
• None of the above

In 2001, a state enacted a law that required the use of safety seats for all children under 7
years of age and mandatory seatbelt use for all persons. The table above lists the number of
deaths due to motor vehicle accidents (MVAs) and the total population by age in 2000
(before the law) and in 2005 (4 years after the law was enacted)
• Correct, because both the total and the age-adjusted mortality rates are higher
in 2005 than in 2000

Which of the following is an advantage of active surveillance?

• More accurate due to reduced reporting burden for health care providers

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