WGU D450 FINAL PAPER UPDATED
QUESTIONS VERIFIED COMPLETE
ANSWERS 100 PERCENT CORRECT
◉ When a community health nurse evaluates the completeness and
accuracy of information made available to community residents
regarding the impact of rezoning land parcels for industrial use, the
nurse is:
a. advocating for ethical choices.
b. communicating risk.
c. controlling environmental damage.
d. volunteering for service on state boards.
Answer: a. advocating for ethical choices.
Understanding ethics is essential for nurses making their own
choices, in describing issues and options within groups, and in
advocating for ethical choices.
◉ The community health nurse asks a client, "Have you ever been
exposed to any radiation or chemical liquids, dust, mists, or fumes?"
The nurse is conducting an:
,a. environmental advocacy activity.
b. environmental compliance activity.
c. environmental health assessment.
d. environmental risk communication.
Answer: c. environmental health assessment.
The key questions in an environmental health assessment should
cover present and past conditions in work, home, and community
environments. In an assessment of environmental exposures, the
environment can be divided into functional locations such as home,
school, workplace, and community.
◉ When applying the nursing process to environmental health, the
community health nurse would:
a. conduct a focused assessment on the presenting problem.
b. coordinate interventions with the physician only.
c. examine criteria that include only the client's immediate response.
d. include outcome measures that mitigate and eliminate the
environmental factors.
Answer: d. include outcome measures that mitigate and eliminate
the environmental factors.
,If the community health nurse suspects that a client's health
problem is being influenced by environmental factors, the nurse
should follow the nursing process and note the environmental
aspects of the problem in every step of the nursing process.
◉ The monitoring and public reporting of air quality in a local
community to alert individuals with asthma or other respiratory
conditions would illustrate:
a. compliance and enforcement.
b. environmental epidemiology.
c. secondary prevention.
d. toxicology.
Answer: b. environmental epidemiology.
By examining specific populations or communities exposed to
different ambient environments, environmental epidemiology seeks
to clarify the relationship between physical, chemical, and biological
factors and human health. Secondary prevention and compliance
and enforcement are not associated with monitoring and public
reporting.
◉ The Clean Air Act of 1970 was amended in 1990 to meet
unaddressed or insufficiently addressed problems that included
which of the following?
, Select all that apply.
a. Addressing acid rain
b. Addressing excessive noise and heat or cold extremes
c. Addressing ground-level ozone
d. Addressing stratospheric ozone depletion
e. Tracking 75,000 industrial chemicals
Answer: a. Addressing acid rain
c. Addressing ground-level ozone
d. Addressing stratospheric ozone depletion
◉ When applying the nursing process to environmental health, the
community health nurse would examine criteria that include the
immediate and long-term responses of the client to the planned
interventions. Another important factor to consider in the
evaluation process would be:
a. recidivism of the problem for the client.
b. consideration of community policy and laws.
c. relationship between the disease and the environmental factors.
d. coordination of actions to meet the client's needs.
Answer: a. recidivism of the problem for the client.
QUESTIONS VERIFIED COMPLETE
ANSWERS 100 PERCENT CORRECT
◉ When a community health nurse evaluates the completeness and
accuracy of information made available to community residents
regarding the impact of rezoning land parcels for industrial use, the
nurse is:
a. advocating for ethical choices.
b. communicating risk.
c. controlling environmental damage.
d. volunteering for service on state boards.
Answer: a. advocating for ethical choices.
Understanding ethics is essential for nurses making their own
choices, in describing issues and options within groups, and in
advocating for ethical choices.
◉ The community health nurse asks a client, "Have you ever been
exposed to any radiation or chemical liquids, dust, mists, or fumes?"
The nurse is conducting an:
,a. environmental advocacy activity.
b. environmental compliance activity.
c. environmental health assessment.
d. environmental risk communication.
Answer: c. environmental health assessment.
The key questions in an environmental health assessment should
cover present and past conditions in work, home, and community
environments. In an assessment of environmental exposures, the
environment can be divided into functional locations such as home,
school, workplace, and community.
◉ When applying the nursing process to environmental health, the
community health nurse would:
a. conduct a focused assessment on the presenting problem.
b. coordinate interventions with the physician only.
c. examine criteria that include only the client's immediate response.
d. include outcome measures that mitigate and eliminate the
environmental factors.
Answer: d. include outcome measures that mitigate and eliminate
the environmental factors.
,If the community health nurse suspects that a client's health
problem is being influenced by environmental factors, the nurse
should follow the nursing process and note the environmental
aspects of the problem in every step of the nursing process.
◉ The monitoring and public reporting of air quality in a local
community to alert individuals with asthma or other respiratory
conditions would illustrate:
a. compliance and enforcement.
b. environmental epidemiology.
c. secondary prevention.
d. toxicology.
Answer: b. environmental epidemiology.
By examining specific populations or communities exposed to
different ambient environments, environmental epidemiology seeks
to clarify the relationship between physical, chemical, and biological
factors and human health. Secondary prevention and compliance
and enforcement are not associated with monitoring and public
reporting.
◉ The Clean Air Act of 1970 was amended in 1990 to meet
unaddressed or insufficiently addressed problems that included
which of the following?
, Select all that apply.
a. Addressing acid rain
b. Addressing excessive noise and heat or cold extremes
c. Addressing ground-level ozone
d. Addressing stratospheric ozone depletion
e. Tracking 75,000 industrial chemicals
Answer: a. Addressing acid rain
c. Addressing ground-level ozone
d. Addressing stratospheric ozone depletion
◉ When applying the nursing process to environmental health, the
community health nurse would examine criteria that include the
immediate and long-term responses of the client to the planned
interventions. Another important factor to consider in the
evaluation process would be:
a. recidivism of the problem for the client.
b. consideration of community policy and laws.
c. relationship between the disease and the environmental factors.
d. coordination of actions to meet the client's needs.
Answer: a. recidivism of the problem for the client.
