NR 503 Full Week 3 (Assignment & Case Study Discussion)

NR 503 Full Week 3 (Assignment & Case Study Discussion)

NR 503 Week 3 Assignment: Relative Risk Worksheet

Prior to completing this worksheet, review the lessons, reading and course text up to this point.  Also review the tables of calculations. There is only one right answer for each of the ten problems.

1. The population in the city of Springfield, Missouri in March, 2014 was 200,000.
   The number of new cases of HIV was 28 between January 1 and June 30th 2014.
   The number of current HIV cases was 130 between January 1 and June 30th 2014.
   The incidence rate of HIV cases for this 6 month period was:
2. The prevalence rate of HIV cases in Springfield, Missouri as of June 30, 2014 was:
3. In a North African country with a population of 5 million people, 50,000 deaths occurred during 2014. These deaths included 5,000 people from malaria out of 10,000 persons who had Malaria.
   What was the total Annual Mortality Rate for 2014 for this country? (please show your work)
4. What was the cause-specific mortality rate from malaria? (please show your work)
5. What was the case-fatality percent from malaria?
6. Fill in and total the 4 X 4 table for the following disease parameters:
7. From Question 6, what is the total number of people with no lung cancer?
8. From question 6, what is the total number of people who smoked, but did not have lung cancer?
9. Set up the problem for relative risk based on the table in #6.
10. Calculate the relative risk.

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NR’503 Week 3 Case Study Discussion  (All Parts)

Part 1: As an Advanced Practice Nurse, you will care for patients who are at risk for specific diseases.  Please pick one chronic or infectious disease specific to a population in your geographic area and provide evidence of risk, relative risk, and odds ratio in relation to that disease, and specific risks in the population you identified.

Part 2: Now that you have identified the disease and risk, what is one evidence-based action that you could take within your local community or patient population to prevent this risk?

Part 3: Please provide a summary of the case or information you have discussed this week