Exam 9: Environmental Health Safety

A nurse is caring for a client who lives in a home that uses a well. Which is a statement used in teaching the client?

The community health nurse is completing an environmental assessment on a client who is a shipbuilder. The nurse would include what information when teaching the client on environmental health hazards associated with his occupation?

A community health nurse is presenting an in-service for a group of other community health nurses about the ecological perspective of environmental health. Which would the nurse highlight during the program regarding this concept?

Which might the community health nurse have identified as a point source of air pollution?

An instructor is discussing with a group of nursing students, the evolution of environmental health and the development of various agencies designed to protect health. As part of the review, the instructor includes the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Which statement made by the group of students indicates that no further teaching is needed regarding the primary goal of the EPA?

A community health nurse is working with the local health departments to educate the citizens about the effects of radon exposure and its link to possible illness. Which condition would the nurse identify as being a major health concern associated with radon?

The community health nurse is providing information to a COPD support group. The nurse shares information about the Air Quality Index (AQI) and encourages clients to review the information and plan their outdoor activities accordingly. Which statement made by a member of the group indicates effective teaching about the use of this resource?

A community health nurse is enacting policy development by preparing a presentation for a group of state health officials about the issue of water pollution in the United States. Which would the nurse include? Select all that apply.

A nurse is caring for a client who has asthma. When evaluating health care and services, which is included in the downstream effects of asthma?

During a community program about food safety, a participant asks, "I know it is important to use safe food practices to avoid microbial contamination, but what other possible risks are there with our food supply?" Which response by the nurse would be most appropriate?

The nursing student is preparing a report for class relating to Healthy People 2020 and environmental health. Which should the nurse highlight in this report? Select all that apply.

Which concept is used by public health professionals to illustrate that the determinants of health interact to affect health?

Which statement best represents an upstream focus?

Which group of persons have increased vulnerability to environmental hazards to human health related to food? Select all that apply.

The core public health function of policy development related to environmental health includes:

A public health nurse who uses the upstream approach would likely focus on which contributor to unhealthy diets in the community?

When applying the ecological perspective to environmental health, a community health nurse integrates which concept as most essential?

Which variables occur in nature that could have a negative impact on humans? Select all that apply.

Which statement about assessment (one of the core public health functions) and how it can be applied to environmental health is most accurate?

Employees working with hazardous chemicals have the "Right to Know" about the chemicals they are working with. Which resource teaches employees information regarding the chemicals they may be exposed to?