NURS 3600 Exam 3 – Questions With Verified
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What is environmental health? -Compromises those aspects of HUMAN HEALTH,
including QOL, that are determined by physical,
chemical, biological, social, and psychosocial factors in
the environment (takes a lot into account).
-Assessing, correcting, controlling, and PREVENTING
those factors in the environment that can potentially
affect adversely the health of present and future
generations.
-"KEEP THE AIR WITHIN AS PURE AS THE AIR
WITHOUT."
How does the socioecological model -Interrelationship between INDIVIDUALS and the
relate to environmental health? ENVIRONMENT; incorporates five levels:
1) Individual: knowledge, attitudes, skills.
2) Interpersonal: families, friends, social networks.
3) Organizational: organizations, social institutions.
4) Community: relationships between organizations.
5) Society: national, state, local laws and regulations.
,What is the nurse's role in environmental -Refer conditions w/ suspected environmental
health (pt. I)? etiologies.
-Advocacy, ethics and risk reduction and
communication.
-Support and participate in legislation and regulation.
What is the nurse's role in environmental -Assess the environment.
health (pt. II)? -Recognize opportunities to teach.
-Recognize when to involve other levels of the
socioecological model beyond teaching.
-MAKE DECISIONS for most EFFECTIVE ACTION on
your part, including referrals and collaboration.
How does the epidemiological triangle -The epidemiological triangle includes the host, agent,
relate to environmental health? and ENVIRONMENT (e.g., air pollution, water
contamination, food bacteria).
-Knowing the parts of the triangle begins to give us
some ideas about how to BREAK THE CONNECTIONS;
where to intervene in order to break-up triangle and
accomplish.
How does social justice relate to -The FAIR TREATMENT and MEANINGFUL
environmental health? INVOLVEMENT of all people regardless of race,
ethnicity, income, national origin, or educational level w/
respect to the DEVELOPMENT of environmental laws,
regulations, and policies.
-Some things were not being taken into account when
certain things were put into place (e.g., establishing a
waste facility in a poor area w/ or w/o intention).
, What are examples of social justice and -Erin Brockovich: law clerk who took on Pacific Gas and
environmental health? Electric Company for water pollution.
-Lead poisoning (LINK): those at risk include children
who reside in pre-1978 housing, adults who work in jobs
involving lead, fetus in utero, smokers and their relatives.
-Camp Lejeune, N.C. (LINK): dumped dry cleaner fluids
into the surrounding area, decreased water quality; Jerry
Ensmigner's daughter died of leukemia.
-Farm/Field workers: environmental exposures.
What does environmental health -Toxicology: the study of the adverse effects of
science include? chemicals on people, animals, and the environment.
-Epigenetics: exposure to toxins can actually affect our
genetic makeup.
-Epidemiology: determine whether the environment is
affecting people's health.
-Geographic Information Systems (GIS): used to track
exposure and spread (e.g., London Cholera Epidemic,
COVID-19).
-Multidisciplinary approach: nurses collaborating w/
other health professionals to investigate, inform, and
advocate.
What is exposure? Contact between people and an environmental
contaminant.
What is the exposure pathway? -Process of exposure; consists of five parts: (1) source
of contamination, (2) environmental media and
transport, (3) point of exposure, (4) route of exposure,
and (5) receptor population.
-If the pathway is incomplete or disrupted, the
contaminant should NOT affect human health; similar to
the epidemiological triangle and breaking
connections.
What is place of exposure? Where exposure occurred, think of this as the
environment corner of the epidemiological triangle
(e.g., groundwater, surface water, air, surface soil, etc.).
What is route of exposure? How contaminant enters the body (e.g., ingesting,
breathing, or touching a contaminant).
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Terms in this set (116)
What is environmental health? -Compromises those aspects of HUMAN HEALTH,
including QOL, that are determined by physical,
chemical, biological, social, and psychosocial factors in
the environment (takes a lot into account).
-Assessing, correcting, controlling, and PREVENTING
those factors in the environment that can potentially
affect adversely the health of present and future
generations.
-"KEEP THE AIR WITHIN AS PURE AS THE AIR
WITHOUT."
How does the socioecological model -Interrelationship between INDIVIDUALS and the
relate to environmental health? ENVIRONMENT; incorporates five levels:
1) Individual: knowledge, attitudes, skills.
2) Interpersonal: families, friends, social networks.
3) Organizational: organizations, social institutions.
4) Community: relationships between organizations.
5) Society: national, state, local laws and regulations.
,What is the nurse's role in environmental -Refer conditions w/ suspected environmental
health (pt. I)? etiologies.
-Advocacy, ethics and risk reduction and
communication.
-Support and participate in legislation and regulation.
What is the nurse's role in environmental -Assess the environment.
health (pt. II)? -Recognize opportunities to teach.
-Recognize when to involve other levels of the
socioecological model beyond teaching.
-MAKE DECISIONS for most EFFECTIVE ACTION on
your part, including referrals and collaboration.
How does the epidemiological triangle -The epidemiological triangle includes the host, agent,
relate to environmental health? and ENVIRONMENT (e.g., air pollution, water
contamination, food bacteria).
-Knowing the parts of the triangle begins to give us
some ideas about how to BREAK THE CONNECTIONS;
where to intervene in order to break-up triangle and
accomplish.
How does social justice relate to -The FAIR TREATMENT and MEANINGFUL
environmental health? INVOLVEMENT of all people regardless of race,
ethnicity, income, national origin, or educational level w/
respect to the DEVELOPMENT of environmental laws,
regulations, and policies.
-Some things were not being taken into account when
certain things were put into place (e.g., establishing a
waste facility in a poor area w/ or w/o intention).
, What are examples of social justice and -Erin Brockovich: law clerk who took on Pacific Gas and
environmental health? Electric Company for water pollution.
-Lead poisoning (LINK): those at risk include children
who reside in pre-1978 housing, adults who work in jobs
involving lead, fetus in utero, smokers and their relatives.
-Camp Lejeune, N.C. (LINK): dumped dry cleaner fluids
into the surrounding area, decreased water quality; Jerry
Ensmigner's daughter died of leukemia.
-Farm/Field workers: environmental exposures.
What does environmental health -Toxicology: the study of the adverse effects of
science include? chemicals on people, animals, and the environment.
-Epigenetics: exposure to toxins can actually affect our
genetic makeup.
-Epidemiology: determine whether the environment is
affecting people's health.
-Geographic Information Systems (GIS): used to track
exposure and spread (e.g., London Cholera Epidemic,
COVID-19).
-Multidisciplinary approach: nurses collaborating w/
other health professionals to investigate, inform, and
advocate.
What is exposure? Contact between people and an environmental
contaminant.
What is the exposure pathway? -Process of exposure; consists of five parts: (1) source
of contamination, (2) environmental media and
transport, (3) point of exposure, (4) route of exposure,
and (5) receptor population.
-If the pathway is incomplete or disrupted, the
contaminant should NOT affect human health; similar to
the epidemiological triangle and breaking
connections.
What is place of exposure? Where exposure occurred, think of this as the
environment corner of the epidemiological triangle
(e.g., groundwater, surface water, air, surface soil, etc.).
What is route of exposure? How contaminant enters the body (e.g., ingesting,
breathing, or touching a contaminant).
