Exam 6: Environmental Health

A nurse is assessing for environmental health risks in the community. Which of the following approaches would be most appropriate for the nurse to use? (Select all that apply.)

What statement accurately describes the characteristics of epidemiology?

A public health nurse (PHN) working with a family living in poverty is concerned about their exposure to environmental hazards. Which of the following factors should the nurse identify as possibly putting the family at risk? (Select all that apply.)

A nurse is completing an exposure history using the mnemonic I PREPARE. What data would a nurse collect when asking questions about the first "P"?

Why is it important for a nurse to have knowledge of environmental health and the effects of chemical, biological, and radiological materials?

How have nurses historically learned to identify a possible relationship between environmental chemical exposures and their potential harm?

What is the greatest single source of air pollution in the United States?

What is considered a nonpoint source of pollution?

Why is it important for nurses to understand the premises of environmental health?

When would it be appropriate for a nurse to use a Geographic Information System (GIS)?

Which example contains the components necessary to form an epidemiologic triangle?

Employees working with hazardous chemicals have the "Right to Know" about the chemicals they are working with through the creation of which resource?

A city sets the standard of an acceptable level of emissions or a maximum contaminant level allowed for factories. Which concept is being applied?

When researching pesticides, the nurse looks at the "family" of the chemical. What similarities are found among chemicals that have been placed in the same family?

A facility is inspected after it has obtained a permit. The inspection is completed for the purpose of observing whether the plans submitted in the permit application are being implemented as approved. Which of the following environmental protection strategies is being applied?

A nurse fulfills the environmental health competency of "assessment and referral." Which of the following actions has the nurse most likely completed?

A nurse working at the individual level to reduce pollution in the environment would most likely be involved in what activity?

What is the first step the nurse would take when addressing the problem of air pollution in the community?

A public health nurse (PHN) is organizing a multidisciplinary team to address the issue of water pollution in the community. Which group of professionals would be invited to address this issue?

A nurse is completing the first phase of a risk assessment. Which of the following questions would the nurse most likely try to answer?