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Chapter 6- Describing Health Conditions

Community and Public Health Nursing, Evidence for Practice 2nd Edition by Gail A. Harkness, Rosanna DeMarco

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Chapter 6- Describing Health Conditions

 

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

 

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

 

4. A variety of rates can be calculated according to need, including incidence, prevalence, adjusted, and specific rates. What is an adjusted rate?
  A) Statistical procedure that removes the effects of differences in the composition of a population, such as age, when comparing one to another.
  B) Measure of the probability that people without a certain condition will develop that condition over a period of time.
  C) Measures the number of people in a given population who have an existing condition at a given point in time.
  D) Detailed rates that are calculated using the number of people in the smaller subgroups of the population in the denominator.

 

 

5. A variety of rates can be calculated according to need, including incidence, prevalence, adjusted, and specific rates. What rate measures the number of people in a given population who have influenza at a given point in time?
  A) Adjusted
  B) Incidence
  C) Prevalence
  D) Specific

 

 

6. The community health nurse is measuring the occurrence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease being investigated in the entire population. What rate does this represent?
  A) Adjusted
  B) Attack
  C) Crude
  D) Incidence

 

 

7. A variety of rates can be calculated according to need, including incidence, prevalence, adjusted, and specific rates. What is the name of the rate represented when detailed rates are calculated using the number of people in the smaller subgroups of the population in the denominator?
  A) Adjusted
  B) Incidence
  C) Prevalence
  D) Specific

 

 

8. Specific rates calculated by person, place, and time provide the best description of a health condition. What specific rate is represented by:

 

  A) Age-specific mortality rate
  B) Cause-specific mortality rate
  C) Case fatality rate
  D) Crude mortality rate
4. A
5. C
6. C
7. D
8. B

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