basics
She linked health to clean air, clean water, safe food, and noise/light control in her 1860 work Notes on Nursing.
Florence Nightingale
Homes built before 1978 may contain this toxic substance.
Lead-based paint
Telling the truth and providing accurate information is this ethical principle.
Veracity
Ethics committees are required in hospitals certified by JCAHO and this designation.
Magnet hospitals
System that includes all living organisms in an area as well as the physical environment functioning together as a unit
Dynamic communities
This early public health nurse coined the term “public health nurse.”
Lillian Wald
The EPA term for land containing pollutants or hazardous waste.
brownfield
Keeping promises and commitments is known as this ethical principle.
Fidelity
This principle requires avoiding harm, such as stopping unsafe pesticide practices.
nonmaleficence
Based on coexistence of humans and the environment
Sustainability
Dynamic communities of living organisms and their physical environment are known as this.
ecosystems
This gas causes lung cancer and is found in soil/basements
Radon gas
This value focuses on fairness and equitable distribution of resources.
Justice
This ethical concept means “freedom of choice” and includes informed consent.
Autonomy
Includes all non-natural aspects of the environment
Built environment
This principle states we should take precaution even without complete scientific certainty.
precautionary principle
This is used to extract oil and gas from deep underground
Fracking
Doing good and promoting positive outcomes.
Beneficence
Guide decisions about the right course of action in nursing and personal life.
Values
The 2025 ANA Code of Ethics contains this many provisions.
10
John McKinley’s model that addresses root causes of disease.
upstream approach
What does the Environmental Assessment and Exposure History (IPREPARE) represent.
I - Investigate
P - Present Work
R - Residence
E - Environmental Concerns
P - Past Work
A - Activities
R - Referrals
E - Educate
What is included in the DECIDE ethic decision-making model
Define, Ethical Review, Consider Options, Investigate Outcomes, Decide, Evaluate.
Guide perception of outcomes of actions. Promote reflection on what is right and wrong.
Beliefs
Enforcing environmental laws and regulations is part of this public health function.
Assurance