Answer to Question 1
ANS: A, C, D, F
The behavioral change of the individual to avoid returning to work, even after medical clearance has been granted, is called the disability syndrome. The process of returning an individual to work begins with the onset of injury or illness. The nurse works closely with the primary care provider to monitor the progress of the worker and to identify and eliminate potential barriers in the return-to-work process. The nurse must know the workplace and the physical requirements necessary for the employee to work, perhaps by doing a physical demands analysis of the various jobs. The OHN can facilitate the employee being temporarily assigned less physically demanding work, perhaps on a part-time basis, until full employment can be resumed. Then the nurse would continue to monitor and support the employee to avoid adverse health effects. The nurse would most likely not collaborate with legal consultant or negotiate to try to decrease the employee's workers' compensation benefits.
Answer to Question 2
ANS: A, D, F
In midyear 2007, there were 65,500 mothers in jail who reported having 147,400 children under the age of 18 years. Women suffer stress from being separated from their children. More than four in every 10 women in prison admit to being abused before the current imprisonment: 34 physically abused and 34 sexually abused. Almost half of the women in prison report being under the influence of drugs or alcohol at the time of the offense and using drugs months before the offense. It is not typically discovered that female prisoners have evidence of active TB, extensive tattooing and body piercings, or test positive for HIV and hepatitis.