Exam 10: Environmental Health

A public health nurse is working with a migrant farm worker who has experienced an exposure to a pesticide.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?

An acceptable level of emissions or a maximum contaminant level allowed is an example of which environmental protection strategy?

An inspection of a facility after a permit is obtained for the purpose of observing whether the plans submitted in the permit application are being implemented as approved is an example of which environmental protection strategy?

An example of a point source of air pollution is:

Which is considered a non-point source of pollution?

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

What action can a nurse take on an individual level to reduce pollution in the environment?

A nurse is addressing the problem of air pollution in the community.The first step in the process of controlling the pollution would be:

Environmental health is important to nurses because chemical,biological,and radiological materials are:

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

Epidemiology:

A public health nurse is organizing a multidisciplinary team to address the issue of water pollution in the community.The most likely members that would be invited to address this issue would be:

Which environmental law sets basic structure for regulating pollutants to United States waters?

A nurse fulfills the environmental health competency of "assessment and referral" when:

A public health nurse working with a family living in poverty recognizes that they are more likely to be exposed to environmental hazards because they have (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"?

Which question would a nurse ask during the first phase of a risk assessment?

Employees working with hazardous chemicals have the "right to know" about the chemicals they are working with through the creation of the:

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

Which approach(s)can a nurse use when assessing environmental health risks? Select all that apply.