Environmental Health- COMPLETE EXAM
STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027 WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS | NEWEST VERSION
Which components should the nurse consider when assessing environmental health? Select
all that apply.
Healthy homes
Food safety
Water quality
Waste management
Work-related exposures
Outdoor air quality
In which situation does the nurse use the mnemonic, "I PREPARE?"
Assessing for environmental exposure
Air Quality
respiratory
airway inflammation
The nurse is educating a client with asthma about air quality. Indicate whether each
recommendation is indicated or contraindicated.
Assign an air quality index level once per week. -Contraindicated
The nurse is assessing a 70-year-old client's home using the Healthy Home Checklist. Indicate
whether each assessment finding requires additional follow-up or if no follow-up is needed.
No Follow-Up Needed - Smoke detectors located on each floor
The public health nurse received several phone calls from clients experiencing sudden
symptoms of abdominal pain, diarrhea, and fever after eating at a local restaurant. Which
actions by the restaurant cooking staff could have contributed to the illnesses? Select all that
apply.
Thawing meat at room temperature
Using the same knife to cut raw meat and cheese
Storing raw meat with raw vegetables
, The nurse at a health department receives a call that a family has become ill with diarrhea
and vomiting after swimming in a local lake. What actions should the nurse take? Select all
that apply.
Recommend supportive care for vomiting and diarrhea
Notify the state health department
The nurse is assessing a client's potential exposure to environmental hazards. The client
works as a radiology technician. Which assessment questions should the nurse ask? Select all
that apply.
"Do you wear a lead shield at work?"
"Where do you live?"
"What year was your home built?"
"Where does your drinking water come from?"
The public health nurse provides clients with environmental health education and referrals.
Match the nursing intervention with the Healthy People objective the intervention supports.
1-3
2-1
3-4
4-3
A public health nurse assessed the following factors. Which factors place the family at risk of
exposure to environmental hazards? Select all that apply.
Working in a low paying manufacturing job
Living near a plastic and rubber manufacturer
Living in an old, overcrowded apartment building
Food supply supplemented by food bank
Which are the top three assessment findings that are most concerning to the nurse?
Water source is a well
Home was built in 1970
Report of asthma triggers
For each finding, indicate if it is related to the environmental health factor of air quality,
healthy home, or water quality. Each finding may impact more than one environmental health
factor.
Use of a well, pesticide being sprayed on crops (runoff into the water supply), a home built in
the 1970s (lead pipes), and the cow farm (runoff into the water supply) may potentially impact
STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027 WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS | NEWEST VERSION
Which components should the nurse consider when assessing environmental health? Select
all that apply.
Healthy homes
Food safety
Water quality
Waste management
Work-related exposures
Outdoor air quality
In which situation does the nurse use the mnemonic, "I PREPARE?"
Assessing for environmental exposure
Air Quality
respiratory
airway inflammation
The nurse is educating a client with asthma about air quality. Indicate whether each
recommendation is indicated or contraindicated.
Assign an air quality index level once per week. -Contraindicated
The nurse is assessing a 70-year-old client's home using the Healthy Home Checklist. Indicate
whether each assessment finding requires additional follow-up or if no follow-up is needed.
No Follow-Up Needed - Smoke detectors located on each floor
The public health nurse received several phone calls from clients experiencing sudden
symptoms of abdominal pain, diarrhea, and fever after eating at a local restaurant. Which
actions by the restaurant cooking staff could have contributed to the illnesses? Select all that
apply.
Thawing meat at room temperature
Using the same knife to cut raw meat and cheese
Storing raw meat with raw vegetables
, The nurse at a health department receives a call that a family has become ill with diarrhea
and vomiting after swimming in a local lake. What actions should the nurse take? Select all
that apply.
Recommend supportive care for vomiting and diarrhea
Notify the state health department
The nurse is assessing a client's potential exposure to environmental hazards. The client
works as a radiology technician. Which assessment questions should the nurse ask? Select all
that apply.
"Do you wear a lead shield at work?"
"Where do you live?"
"What year was your home built?"
"Where does your drinking water come from?"
The public health nurse provides clients with environmental health education and referrals.
Match the nursing intervention with the Healthy People objective the intervention supports.
1-3
2-1
3-4
4-3
A public health nurse assessed the following factors. Which factors place the family at risk of
exposure to environmental hazards? Select all that apply.
Working in a low paying manufacturing job
Living near a plastic and rubber manufacturer
Living in an old, overcrowded apartment building
Food supply supplemented by food bank
Which are the top three assessment findings that are most concerning to the nurse?
Water source is a well
Home was built in 1970
Report of asthma triggers
For each finding, indicate if it is related to the environmental health factor of air quality,
healthy home, or water quality. Each finding may impact more than one environmental health
factor.
Use of a well, pesticide being sprayed on crops (runoff into the water supply), a home built in
the 1970s (lead pipes), and the cow farm (runoff into the water supply) may potentially impact
