NU110 INTEGRATED HUMAN SCIENCES REVIEW
EXAM 3 CERTIFICATION SCRIPT 2026 TESTED
QUESTIONS AND FULL SOLUTION
◉ Secondary prevention. Answer: Stopping the progress of disease
by early detection and treatment to reduce prevalence and
chronicity
person with a disease will have a condition diagnosed early enough
to get best treatment
i.e. screenings, ASTHMA patient teaching, communicable disease
surveillance
◉ Tertiary prevention. Answer: providing medical care to stop
deterioration in a patient
i.e. medical treatment, PT/OT, clinics, schools, home health
◉ · Where does the United States rank in the health care costs and
percentage of gross domestic product spent on healthcare?. Answer:
highest
makes up the greatest %
,◉ · What preventative health factors contribute to the US
population's destructive health conditions?. Answer: lifestyle
health screenings
immunizations
◉ · What factors are contributing to the increase in world
population?. Answer: changing fertility and decreased mortality
rates
◉ · What factor is going to have the greatest financial impact on the
Medicare system 2021-2026?. Answer: baby boomers and medicare
growth
◉ · What are some of the public health initiatives that have
decreased mortality in all genders and races in the US?. Answer: o
New treatments for infectious diseases
o Public health initiatives
o Cancer screening programs
o Anti-smoking, AIDS
◉ · What age group of American's use the largest portion of
healthcare services in the US?. Answer: people 50+
,◉ · What percentage of American households had income below the
Poverty line? what is it's effect?. Answer: 12%
mortality rate several times greater
◉ · What is the projected growth of jobs as registered nurses by the
year 2026? what are the reasons for it?. Answer: 15%
increased focus on preventative care, growing rates of chronic
conditions, the aging of America
◉ % of RNs employed by hospitals. Answer: 54%
◉ % of RNs classified as minorities
why should it be increased?. Answer: 30.1%
help close health disparity for minority populations
◉ What americans most often receive lower-quality care?. Answer: o
Those whose only source of care depends on public funds
, o The working poor who do not qualify for public funds either
because they make too much money or they are undocumented
immigrants
◉ 2012 uninsured rate?
2016?
What changed it?. Answer: 48 million
27.6 million
ACA enacted
◉ · In 1999 release of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) report To Err
Is Human: Building a Safer Health System (IOM, 2000] indicated
How many deaths a year could be attributed to preventable medical
errors?. Answer: 98,000
◉ What were the hospital events cited as preventable errors in the
report?. Answer: o Adverse drug events and improper transfusions,
surgical injuries and wrong site surgery, suicides, restraint-related
injuries or deaths, falls, burns, pressure ulcers, mistaken client
identities
◉ #1 major cause of nurses making preventable errors. Answer:
long work hours
EXAM 3 CERTIFICATION SCRIPT 2026 TESTED
QUESTIONS AND FULL SOLUTION
◉ Secondary prevention. Answer: Stopping the progress of disease
by early detection and treatment to reduce prevalence and
chronicity
person with a disease will have a condition diagnosed early enough
to get best treatment
i.e. screenings, ASTHMA patient teaching, communicable disease
surveillance
◉ Tertiary prevention. Answer: providing medical care to stop
deterioration in a patient
i.e. medical treatment, PT/OT, clinics, schools, home health
◉ · Where does the United States rank in the health care costs and
percentage of gross domestic product spent on healthcare?. Answer:
highest
makes up the greatest %
,◉ · What preventative health factors contribute to the US
population's destructive health conditions?. Answer: lifestyle
health screenings
immunizations
◉ · What factors are contributing to the increase in world
population?. Answer: changing fertility and decreased mortality
rates
◉ · What factor is going to have the greatest financial impact on the
Medicare system 2021-2026?. Answer: baby boomers and medicare
growth
◉ · What are some of the public health initiatives that have
decreased mortality in all genders and races in the US?. Answer: o
New treatments for infectious diseases
o Public health initiatives
o Cancer screening programs
o Anti-smoking, AIDS
◉ · What age group of American's use the largest portion of
healthcare services in the US?. Answer: people 50+
,◉ · What percentage of American households had income below the
Poverty line? what is it's effect?. Answer: 12%
mortality rate several times greater
◉ · What is the projected growth of jobs as registered nurses by the
year 2026? what are the reasons for it?. Answer: 15%
increased focus on preventative care, growing rates of chronic
conditions, the aging of America
◉ % of RNs employed by hospitals. Answer: 54%
◉ % of RNs classified as minorities
why should it be increased?. Answer: 30.1%
help close health disparity for minority populations
◉ What americans most often receive lower-quality care?. Answer: o
Those whose only source of care depends on public funds
, o The working poor who do not qualify for public funds either
because they make too much money or they are undocumented
immigrants
◉ 2012 uninsured rate?
2016?
What changed it?. Answer: 48 million
27.6 million
ACA enacted
◉ · In 1999 release of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) report To Err
Is Human: Building a Safer Health System (IOM, 2000] indicated
How many deaths a year could be attributed to preventable medical
errors?. Answer: 98,000
◉ What were the hospital events cited as preventable errors in the
report?. Answer: o Adverse drug events and improper transfusions,
surgical injuries and wrong site surgery, suicides, restraint-related
injuries or deaths, falls, burns, pressure ulcers, mistaken client
identities
◉ #1 major cause of nurses making preventable errors. Answer:
long work hours
