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Nurses have an opportunity to teach about workplace hazards and prevention measures when performing worker assessments. Using your knowledge that the goal of assessments is to identify the agent, host, and environmental characteristics that could place
 
  the worker at risk and to take preventive steps to eliminate or reduce adverse exposures, what are the components of an occupational health history?
  1. Characteristics of workers past jobs
  2. Chronological record of all past work and potential exposures
  3. An occupational exposure inventory
  4. List of other exposures in the home or community
  A) 1, 2, 3
  B) 1, 3, 4
  C) 1, 2, 4
  D) 2, 3, 4

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There are several steps involved in both worker and workplace assessment. Nurses have an opportunity to teach about workplace hazards and prevention measures when performing worker assessments. Using your knowledge of assessment tools, what type of assess
 
  inside and outside, compiling information as to the presence of hazards, the location of entries and exits, the availability of emergency equipment, and potential trouble spots?
  A) Ergonomics
  B) Occupational health history
  C) Root cause analysis
  D) Workplace walk-through



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Answer to Question 1

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