epidemiology and nursing practice – Flashcards

1) enhance the clinical decision making process 2)identify people and populations at risk for threats to health 3)plan, implement, and evaluate health services

refers to the probability or likelihood that a health event will occur in a group of people currently free of the problem

are those characteristics or events that have been shown to increase the probability of developing a health event.

during a health-risk appraisal

the problem solving process

to improve the health of an entire community

1) promote healthy lifestyles 2)assess worker health and work environment 3)provides direct care related to occupational illness and injury 4)plans, implements, and evaluates worker health programs 5)conducts research and improves the health of workers

1)assessing individual, families, and communities 2)gathering data, interviewing, documenting cases 3)interacting in homes, neighborhoods, community centers, and other community environments 4) investigating outbreaks

outbreak investigations (infectious diseases); accident prevention; risk management; quality assessment

1)identify if a relationship exists between a specific exposure and the incidence of a disease 2)predict and prevent occupational and environmental diseases 3)determine safe levels of exposure 4)provide data to facilitate the establishment of standards for safety and health 5) determine risk (risk assessment)

plan and implement health programs and for policies that eventually affect the health status of populations and health services delivered to populations.

the aggregate not the individual