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Epidemic , Endemic, Pandemic

Endemic is defined as the usual occurrence of a disease within a population. In contrast, an epidemic is a sudden and great increase in the occurrence of a disease within a population. It may also be the first occurrence of an entirely new disease. An epidemic can give rise to a pandemic , which is a rapidly emerging outbreak of a disease that affects populations across a wide geographical area. Pandemics often are worldwide in scope. As an illustration of the three types: small numbers of people may be affected by influenza throughout the year in a large city; those individuals would be considered endemic cases of the disease. If the number of people affected by influenza in the same city increases to high levels in the winter, the outbreak would be considered an epidemic. If a new variety of influenza emerges and affects people throughout the world, the outbreak would be considered a pandemic. An example of a pandemic is the influenza pandemic of 1918–19 , which spr...

Case fatality rate , Mortality Rate

  Case fatality rate , also called case fatality ratio ,:the proportion of people who die from a specified disease among all individuals diagnosed with the disease over a certain period of time   Case fatality rate is calculated by dividing the number of deaths from a specified disease over a defined period of time by the number of individuals diagnosed with the disease during that time; the resulting ratio is then multiplied by 100 to yield a percentage   mortality rate, another measure of death for a given population As an example , consider two population. One population consists of 1,000 people; 300 of these people have the specified disease, 100 of whom die from the disease.  In this case, the mortality rate for the disease is 100 ÷ 1,000 = 0.1, or 10 percent.  The case fatality rate is 100 ÷ 300 = 0.33, or 33 percent.  The second population also has 1,000 people; 50 people have the disease and 40 die from it. Her...
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The nurse teaches the patient whose surgery will result in a sigmoid colostomy that the feces expelled through the colostomy will be solid. semi-mushy. mushy. fluid.      Correct Answer : A. solid.    With a sigmoid colostomy, the feces are solid.  With a descending colostomy, the feces are semi-mushy.  With a transverse colostomy, the feces are mushy.  With an ascending colostomy, the feces are fluid.
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Question : A nurse is caring for an eight year-old male with cystic fibrosis . Based on the nurse's understanding of the disease what nursing intervention should the nurse expect to perform ? A-Restrict Sodium and fluid intake B-Give antidiarrheal medications C-Discourage coughing after postural drainage D- Administer pancreatic enzymes with each meal Correct Answer : D- Administer Pancreatic enzymes with each meal   من ضمن اسئلة شهر ديسمبر ورد سؤال يتعلق بتكرار اجراء Pap smear test لاكتشاف سرطان عنق الرحم المبكر ،، والجدول اعلاه يبين لكم بدقة وفقا للمرحلة العمرية للمريضة كل كم يجب اجراء فحص Pap smear Question : A female patient has been advised that labratory tests confirm herpes simplex virus (HSV ),type 2 .The nurse should teach the patient that a Papanicolaou test ( Pap smear ) is recommended .  A- Every 6 months if symptoms persist despite treatment   B- Every year even if asymptomatic     c-whenev...
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اقدم لكم متابعي وطلابي الكرام مجموعة قيمة جدا من الاسئلة والمعلومات حول موضوع الحروق أ.عمر حماد Question 1 : A client is admitted to the emergency room with partial-thickness burns to his right arm and full thickness burns to his trunk . According to the Rule of Nines , the nurse calculates the total body surface area (TBSA)involved as : A-20% B-35% C-45% D-60% Correct Answer : According to the rule of Ninees ,the arm (9%)+ the trunk (36%)=45 % Remember head & neck =9% right arm = 9% left arm = 9% torso front TOTAL FRONT TORSO 18% : chest 9% abdomen 9% back torso TOTAL BACK TORSO 18% : upper back 9% lower back 9% right leg TOTAL right LEG 18% : front 9% back 9% left leg TOTAL left LEG 18% : front 9% back 9% genetalia = 1% Question 2 :A client is admitted with burns of the right arm, ِAnterior chest, and head. According to the Rule of Nines, the percent of burn injury is: A-18% B-27% C-36% D-45% Correct Answer : 27% Burn injury o...
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طلابي ومتابعي الكرام  اقدم اليكم في هذه المدونة مجموعة من اسئلة اختبار الهيئة -أخصائي تمريض ، متعلقة بالأسئلة التي وردت للطلاب الذين اختبروا في شهر نوفمبر  امنياتي لكم بالتوفيق  أ.عمر حماد  انتظروا المزيد بمشيئة الله 
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نناقش في هذه المدونة مجموعة من الأسئلة المتعلقة بفرع الابحاث والوبائيات في اختبارات التمريض #برومترك #أخصائي_تمريض A health care team established a new strategies that helps in prevention  of  death among cases of a certain disease ,but these strategies does not prevent the occurance of that disease .which of the following measures reflect the expected outcome ? A- increase prevelance B- decrease prevelance C-increase incidence D- decrease incidence Correct Answer is : increase prevelance قام الفريق الطبي بتطوير طريقة جديدة تساهم في التقليل من الوفيات الناجمة عن مرض معين .ولكن هذه الاستراتيجيات لاتساهم  في منع الاصابة بالمرض ..اي من المقاييس التالية يعكس النتيجة المتوقعة ? اذا المتغير هنا هو تقليل الوفيات الناجمة عن هذا المرض اما الاصابة بالمرض لم يحصل عليها تعديل .. تذكر ان prevelance تمثل الحالات المصابة اصلا ( مسبقا ) بالمرض وان incidence تمثل حالات الاصابة الجديدة بالمرض عندما يتم اتباع اساليب وتقديم علاجات تساهم في التقليل من الوفيات من مرض ...