Author Question: The nurse includes the following information as part of daily documentation: The air quality at ... (Read 54 times)

anshika · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

The nurse includes the following information as part of daily documentation:

The air quality at Elizabeth, PA has reached the unhealthful range with >100 microns/unit of particulate matter. The ozone level is elevated and individuals with respiratory illnesses should stay indoors during the afternoon hours.
In which type of role is this nurse practicing?
1. Public health
2. Occupational health
3. Environmental health
4. Patient-centered medical home

Question 2

The administrator of an organization is preparing a posting for an online employment web site and includes the following sentence:

Nurses in this role have the main objective of primary prevention with the goal of achieving health equity. For which type of organization is the administrator seeking a registered nurse to hire?
1. Parish
2. School
3. Home health
4. Public health

sylvia · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 8, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Correct Answer: 3

Environmental health encompasses the physical, chemical, and biological factors external to a person, and includes all behaviors that result from the person interacting with environmental factors. Environmental health is concerned with the assessment and control of environmental factors that influence health and contributes to the development of strategies to prevent disease/injury and create health-supportive environments. Public health nurses address population health priorities through identification, implementation, and evaluation of universal and targeted evidence-based programs and services. The primary functions of the occupational health nurse are to provide emergency treatment and promote worker health and safety. The aims of the patient-centered medical home are to engage patients and their providers in a collaborative partnership with the patient and his or her healthcare needs and outcomes as the focal point.

Answer to Question 2

Correct Answer: 4

Public health nurses address population health priorities through identification, implementation, and evaluation of universal and targeted evidence-based programs and services. Primary prevention with the goal of achieving health equity is the main objective of public health nurses. Parish nursing is the specialized practice of professional nursing that focuses on the intentional care of the spirit as part of the process of promoting holistic health and preventing or minimizing illness in a faith community. School nurses facilitate positive student responses to normal development; promote health and safety, including a healthy environment; intervene with actual and potential health problems; provide case management services; and actively collaborate with others to build student and family capacity for adaptation, self-management, self-advocacy, and learning. Home care encompasses a wide range of health services delivered at home and throughout the community to recovering, disabled, or chronically or terminally ill persons in need of medical, nursing, social, or therapeutic treatment and/or assistance with the essentials of daily living.