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anjilletteb

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Vaccines are one of the most important methods of controlling and preventing communicable diseases.
 
  Because many children receive their immunizations at public health departments, nurses play a major role in the effort to increase immunization coverage of infants and tod-dlers. Which of the following is often a role of public health nurses? 1. Reading the Mortality and Morbidity Weekly Report to investigate new vaccines that are available
  2. Requiring that children have all their immunizations before going to public school
  3. Tracking children known to be at risk for underimmunization
  4. Leading teams of health care workers to enforce laws related to immunizations

Question 2

How have nurses historically learned to identify a possible relationship between environ-mental chemical exposures and their potential harm?
 
  1. Extrapolation by toxicologists
  2. Biomonitoring
  3. Historically taken chemistry courses that enabled them to understand the chemical properties of pollutants
  4. By observing humans who present with signs and symptoms that can be con-nected to a specific chemical exposure



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jazzlynnnnn

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Answer to Question 1

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This is a function of public health nurses who work in health departments where immunizations are given and tracked.

Answer to Question 2

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Nurses have historically made discoveries related to chemical exposure when people presented with signs and symptoms related to known chemical toxicity. Choices No. 1 and No. 2 are mod-ern methods.




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Reply 2 on: Jul 8, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Great answer, keep it coming :)

 

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