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Environmental Health NCLEX Questions
And Answers 100% Pass
C. environmental health assessment - answer✔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.
B.environmental epidemiology. - answer✔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.
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D.Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). - answer✔The federal act that grants authority to
the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) which controls the generation, transportation, treatment,
storage, and disposal of hazardous waste and ultimately called for the phaseout of land disposal of
hazardous waste under a later amendment was the:
A.Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA).
B.National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
C.Pollution Prevention Act (PPA).
D.Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).
A.Earth sciences explain how pollutants travel in air, water, and soil. - answer✔Which of the following
statements best explains the need for geologists, meteorologists, and chemists on the multidisciplinary
team in environmental health?
A.Earth sciences explain how pollutants travel in air, water, and soil.
B.Earth sciences help us understand the strength of the association between exposures and health
effects in human populations.
C.Earth scientists study the negative effects of chemical exposure.
D.Earth scientists work with the community to coordinate services to meet the community's needs.
B.Consumer confidence report - answer✔Nurses should review which of the following reports to
determine what pollutants have been found in the drinking water of a community?
A.Point source report