NUR432 Exam #2 questions n answers
graded A+
10 Reasons Nurses and Environmental Health Go Together - correct answer ✔✔ 1. Nurses
provide healing and safe environments for people.
2. Nurses are trusted sources of information.
3. Nurses are the largest healthcare occupation.
4. Nurses work with persons from a variety of cultures.
5. Nurses effect decisions in their own homes, work settings, and communities.
6. Nurses are trusted sources of information by policy makers.
7. Nurses translate scientific health literature to make it understandable.
8. Nurses with advanced degrees are engaged in research about the environment and health.
9. Health organizations recognize nurses' roles in environmental health.
10. Nursing education and standards of nursing practice require that nurses know how to
reduce exposures to environmental health hazards.
Environmental Health Literacy - correct answer ✔✔ -A growing discipline, understanding the
link between environmental exposures and health impact.
-Nurse Responsibility: Learn the potential and actual environmental exposures of their patients,
coworkers, community, themselves, provide effective communication about environmental risks
to patients, families, and communities, and work with constituents to effectively address
environmental hazards.
-Goals: Assure understanding of the risks of environmental exposure and develop and
implement strategies to eliminate environmental health risks.
Advocacy - correct answer ✔✔ Defined as the act or process of pleading for, supporting, or
recommending a cause or course of action. May be for individuals groups, organizations,
communities, society, or policy issues.
graded A+
10 Reasons Nurses and Environmental Health Go Together - correct answer ✔✔ 1. Nurses
provide healing and safe environments for people.
2. Nurses are trusted sources of information.
3. Nurses are the largest healthcare occupation.
4. Nurses work with persons from a variety of cultures.
5. Nurses effect decisions in their own homes, work settings, and communities.
6. Nurses are trusted sources of information by policy makers.
7. Nurses translate scientific health literature to make it understandable.
8. Nurses with advanced degrees are engaged in research about the environment and health.
9. Health organizations recognize nurses' roles in environmental health.
10. Nursing education and standards of nursing practice require that nurses know how to
reduce exposures to environmental health hazards.
Environmental Health Literacy - correct answer ✔✔ -A growing discipline, understanding the
link between environmental exposures and health impact.
-Nurse Responsibility: Learn the potential and actual environmental exposures of their patients,
coworkers, community, themselves, provide effective communication about environmental risks
to patients, families, and communities, and work with constituents to effectively address
environmental hazards.
-Goals: Assure understanding of the risks of environmental exposure and develop and
implement strategies to eliminate environmental health risks.
Advocacy - correct answer ✔✔ Defined as the act or process of pleading for, supporting, or
recommending a cause or course of action. May be for individuals groups, organizations,
communities, society, or policy issues.
