Which of the following is a current challenge for occupational ...

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Which of the following is a current challenge for occupational health nurses? (Select all that apply.)
 
  a. Changes in employee demographics including gender, ethnicity, and age
  b. Expansion in sites offering care using new, creative approaches
  c. Increased affordability of health care services
  d. Increase in managed care plans with need for case managers
  e. Moving from large manufacturing facilities to smaller, service-based businesses
  f.
  Ongoing need to demonstrate cost-effectiveness of services rendered

Question 2

Which of the following statements best explains why parents and nurses are often concerned about adolescents?
 
  a. Adolescents engage in sexual acts without using protection.
  b. Adolescents engage in very high-risk behaviors.
  c. Adolescents love driving but are not as skilled as they believe.
  d. Adolescents often experiment with alcohol or drugs.

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Answer to Question 1

ANS: A, D, E, F
At the beginning of the twenty-first century, sweeping transformations in industry are influencing the direction of occupational health nursing. These transformations include changing workforce demographics, rising health care costs, diversity of health care systems with the integration of managed care, influence of the world economy, shift in production from goods to services, and proliferation of advanced technologies. The focus of U.S. industry is moving away from large manufacturing facilities to smaller, service-based businesses. The increasing availability of older workers, women, minorities, and immigrants will have far-reaching implications for employers and pose specific challenges for occupational health professionals. Rather than expanding, health care facilities are consolidating in the ongoing quest to give care more economically. Health care costs are rising and are not becoming more affordable.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
In their struggle to gain independence and with their sense of immortality, many adolescents engage in risk-taking behaviors, including alcohol and drug abuse, early and unprotected sexual activity, unsafe driving, and participation in delinquent and violent activities that threaten their health. To say adolescents engage in very high-risk behaviors is the inclusive answer, because all other responses name only one problem.