Exam 3: Environmental Health Influences on Disease and Injury

What activities are performed by the public health nurse engaged in the process surveillance?

When the occupational health nurse reviews a manufacturing plant's policies regarding airborne health hazards in the workplace, which principle of industrial hygiene is most important?

The occupational health nurse is assessing environmental hazards in a manufacturing facility that produces loud noises. This is considered which type of environmental hazard?

The nurse is explaining the epigenetic transgenerational inheritance due to diethylstilbestrol (DES) to a patient whose mother took DES while pregnant with her. What statement indicates that the patient understands the inheritance of epigenetic-induced changes?

When planning for a community education program on injury prevention, what statistic should the nurse keep in mind?

The occupational health nurse is teaching industrial plant employees about the routes of exposure for chemicals used in the plant. The nurse bases the program on the knowledge that the main route of occupational exposure is:

In planning care for the elderly population, the nurse should be aware that this population is susceptible to environmental hazards due to:

The nurse is teaching a prenatal class to prospective parents. Which route of exposure does the nurse teach is involved in the development of fetal alcohol syndrome?

Which of the following is not the role of the epidemiology nurse?

An occupational health nurse works in a chemical plant that follows the precautionary principle. Which of the following actions exemplifies this principle?

The school nurse is planning health prevention programs for the parents of elementary school-age children. The nurse should take into account that which condition is caused 100% by environmental exposure?

The public health nurse is planning health programs using the Healthy People 2020 objectives. Which objective would be included to address the objective of reducing toxic substances and hazardous wastes?

When teaching a patient about risk factors for heart disease, the nurse should explain that:

According to the Evans and Stoddart ecological model, which of the following is part of the social environment at the individual level?

Which of the following would be considered a sentinel health event by the public health nurse?

Which assessment data will give the nurse the best information to determine exposure to environmental hazards?

The occupational health nurse is biomonitoring workers for exposure to chemicals in the workplace. When should the nurse obtain blood and urine samples?

When assessing physiological responses to psychosocial hazards, which assessment data indicates that a patient is showing physiological effects of these hazards?

The public health nurse is assessing the social environment of a community. Which of the following would be included in this assessment?

The nurse is teaching a community program on ways to reduce mercury in the diet. Which of the following should the nurse include in the teaching sessions?