NUR 426 Exam 4 Arizona College of Nursing-Phoenix | UPDATED
Questions with 100% Verified Answers
Question:
What is used in community health to prevent bioterrorism?
Answer:
biodefense mechanisms including medications and vaccines as well as medical research
to determine the best way to defend against bioterrorist attacks
Question:
what are some ways that PHN's act as environmental activists?
Answer:
- advocacy
- understanding environmental health legislation
Question:
what is the test a PHN will use to determine lead exposure in
children?
Answer:
Blood Lead Level which is measured in mcg/dL of blood
Question:
what are some interventions for if a child is found to have a
high blood lead level?
Answer:
- home visit and environmental assessment to determine source of lead exposure
- ensure child is getting enough iron and other micronutrients in food
Question:
what is environmental attributable disease? contributing
factors?
Answer:
,- a disease that occurs from exposure to toxins
- age and gender
Question:
which age groups is at a higher risk for developing diseases
due to high consumption of possibly contaminated
substances such as air, water, or food?
Answer:
children
*infants have double the RR of adults so they are particularly susceptible to disease from
contaminated air
Question:
which age group is at a higher risk for developing
complications of pre-existing disease as a result to
environmental exposure?
Answer:
older adults
*older age means less ability for the body to compensate which increases risk for
complications related to heart disease, stroke, lung diseases, and diabetes
Question:
what is the air quality index?
Answer:
a measure of local air quality and what it means for health
Question:
what are some examples on indoor air pollutents?
Answer:
mold, pesticides, metals, gram negative bacteria, chemicals, poor air circulation
Question:
what is ambient air quality?
Answer:
, pollutant levels that surround a place and travel with the wind
Question:
What is point source pollution?
Answer:
pollution from a single source that can be identified
ex: the train that derailed causing toxic gas to release into the air
Question:
what are examples of mobile/nonpoint pollution sources?
Answer:
cars and trucks that emit toxin into the air while driving
Question:
what is environmental health?
Answer:
- aspects of human health, disease, and injury that are determined or influenced by
factors in the environment.
- doesn't include behaviors related to social environments, cultural environments, or
genetics
Question:
what are the 10 principles for healthy and safe environments?
Answer:
1- knowledge of environmental concepts necessary for nursing
2- use products and practices that do not harm human health or the environment; take
preventative action when uncertainty
3- nurses have a right to work in healthy and safe environments
4- multidisciplinary collaboration is necessary
5- best practice should determine choices of what is used in nursing
6- respect diversity of patients and their families
7- nurses should participate in environmental assessment where they live and work
8- healthcare workers have the right to know what substances are potentially harmful if
they will be exposed to them
Questions with 100% Verified Answers
Question:
What is used in community health to prevent bioterrorism?
Answer:
biodefense mechanisms including medications and vaccines as well as medical research
to determine the best way to defend against bioterrorist attacks
Question:
what are some ways that PHN's act as environmental activists?
Answer:
- advocacy
- understanding environmental health legislation
Question:
what is the test a PHN will use to determine lead exposure in
children?
Answer:
Blood Lead Level which is measured in mcg/dL of blood
Question:
what are some interventions for if a child is found to have a
high blood lead level?
Answer:
- home visit and environmental assessment to determine source of lead exposure
- ensure child is getting enough iron and other micronutrients in food
Question:
what is environmental attributable disease? contributing
factors?
Answer:
,- a disease that occurs from exposure to toxins
- age and gender
Question:
which age groups is at a higher risk for developing diseases
due to high consumption of possibly contaminated
substances such as air, water, or food?
Answer:
children
*infants have double the RR of adults so they are particularly susceptible to disease from
contaminated air
Question:
which age group is at a higher risk for developing
complications of pre-existing disease as a result to
environmental exposure?
Answer:
older adults
*older age means less ability for the body to compensate which increases risk for
complications related to heart disease, stroke, lung diseases, and diabetes
Question:
what is the air quality index?
Answer:
a measure of local air quality and what it means for health
Question:
what are some examples on indoor air pollutents?
Answer:
mold, pesticides, metals, gram negative bacteria, chemicals, poor air circulation
Question:
what is ambient air quality?
Answer:
, pollutant levels that surround a place and travel with the wind
Question:
What is point source pollution?
Answer:
pollution from a single source that can be identified
ex: the train that derailed causing toxic gas to release into the air
Question:
what are examples of mobile/nonpoint pollution sources?
Answer:
cars and trucks that emit toxin into the air while driving
Question:
what is environmental health?
Answer:
- aspects of human health, disease, and injury that are determined or influenced by
factors in the environment.
- doesn't include behaviors related to social environments, cultural environments, or
genetics
Question:
what are the 10 principles for healthy and safe environments?
Answer:
1- knowledge of environmental concepts necessary for nursing
2- use products and practices that do not harm human health or the environment; take
preventative action when uncertainty
3- nurses have a right to work in healthy and safe environments
4- multidisciplinary collaboration is necessary
5- best practice should determine choices of what is used in nursing
6- respect diversity of patients and their families
7- nurses should participate in environmental assessment where they live and work
8- healthcare workers have the right to know what substances are potentially harmful if
they will be exposed to them
