NR 503 Midterm Exam Question and
Answer (2026) | A+ Verified | Latest
Exam Prep
• Primary Prevention -✓✓preventing the initial development of disease or an action
taken to prevent the development of a disease in a person who is well and does not
have that disease
• Secondary prevention -✓✓early detection of existing disease to reduce severity
and complications or identifying people in whom a disease process has already
begun, but who have not developed symptoms
• tertiary prevention -✓✓reducing the impact of the disease or preventing
complications in those who have already developed signs and symptoms of an
illness and have been diagnosed
• clinical disease -✓✓disease characterized by signs and symptoms
• subclinical disease -✓✓disease that is not clinically apparent and is not destined
to become clinically apparent
• persistent (chronic) disease -✓✓disease or symptoms that persist for years or for
a lifetime
• latent disease -✓✓an infection with no active multiplication of the agent
• pandemic -✓✓an excessive occurrence of disease present globally
• endemic -✓✓habitual presence of a disease within a geographical area
• common-vehicle exposure -✓✓when a group of people are exposed to a
substance or organism that causes common illness
• epidemic -✓✓occurrence of a disease in a community/geographic area in excess
of normal expectancy
Answer (2026) | A+ Verified | Latest
Exam Prep
• Primary Prevention -✓✓preventing the initial development of disease or an action
taken to prevent the development of a disease in a person who is well and does not
have that disease
• Secondary prevention -✓✓early detection of existing disease to reduce severity
and complications or identifying people in whom a disease process has already
begun, but who have not developed symptoms
• tertiary prevention -✓✓reducing the impact of the disease or preventing
complications in those who have already developed signs and symptoms of an
illness and have been diagnosed
• clinical disease -✓✓disease characterized by signs and symptoms
• subclinical disease -✓✓disease that is not clinically apparent and is not destined
to become clinically apparent
• persistent (chronic) disease -✓✓disease or symptoms that persist for years or for
a lifetime
• latent disease -✓✓an infection with no active multiplication of the agent
• pandemic -✓✓an excessive occurrence of disease present globally
• endemic -✓✓habitual presence of a disease within a geographical area
• common-vehicle exposure -✓✓when a group of people are exposed to a
substance or organism that causes common illness
• epidemic -✓✓occurrence of a disease in a community/geographic area in excess
of normal expectancy
