You are compiling data about the community for the last 12 months. Using your knowledge about epidemiology as a research methodology you have been asked to document rates. What is a rate?
A) Course of a disease or condition from the onset to resolution
B) Primary measurement used to describe either the occurrence or the existence of a specific state of health or illness
C) Probability or likelihood that a disease or illness will occur in a group of people who presently do not have the problem
D) Characteristics or events that have been shown to increase the probability that a specific disease or illness will develop
B
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The nurse is considering attending a program that focuses on informatics. On which field will the curriculum most likely be based?
A) Clinical informatics B) Public health informatics C) Translational bioinformatics D) Consumer health informatics
Which of the following is the most likely cause of wrinkles in the skin of older adults?
A) Decreased collagen and subcutaneous fat B) Atrophy of sweat glands C) Decline in fibroblast proliferation D) Decreased vascularity
A client is diagnosed with alpha- and beta- defect thalassemia. The nurse realizes that this disease is common within which of the following cultural groups?
1. Persons from China 2. People of Mediterranean ancestry 3. African Americans 4. Persons from the Philippines
The mother asks the nurse to explain smegma to her. This is a term she heard the doctor mention. The nurse replies that smegma is:
a. the oil used in the nursery to lubricate the baby's skin after birth b. a collection of dead cells under the fingernails of the newborn infant c. a collection of cells that shed from the outer layer of skin and gathered under the foreskin d. the hormonal reaction to withdrawal from the maternal placental support