School Nursing & Primary Care
An important function of the school nurse?
Establish vaccine requirements
This type of healthcare disparity exists in rural areas
Decreased HC services, providers, staff and education
This organization ensures the safe and healthful working conditions for workers by setting and enforcing standards and by providing training, outreach, education and assistance.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
When substances accumulate over time in the body, especially older adults
Bioaccumulation
The purpose is to save lives, address health threats, and maintain basic human needs such as food, shelter, and water
Response
School nurses serve a vital role in health promotion by?
Promoting health eating and nutrition in school age children
This helps community leaders to build coalitions to identify common problems or goals, mobilize resources, and develop and implement strategies for accessing services.
Community Organizing
Prevention level that encourages employees in lifestyle changes such as diet, exercise, smoking cessation
Tertiary Prevention in the workplace
Computed by the EPA based on measures of the five criteria for air pollutants with results in values on a scale of 0 to 500. A value of 100 or less, corresponding to the levels of “good” and “moderate” (green and yellow), is the level set by the EPA to protect public health
Air Quality Index (AQI)
This disaster timeline response occurs during the phase of reconstruction and rehab
Recovery
An example of school age violence
Cyberbullying
A non-profit or public entity that receives a direct grant from the federal government to provide primary care services regardless of your ability to pay.
Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC)
Programs for psychological stress in the workplace
Fitness clubs, Yoga, Stress relief methods
Higher rates of respiratory symptoms due to poor air quality occur in these areas
Urban areas
High-priority pathogens or toxins that pose the highest risk to public and national security due to their potential for easy transmission, high mortality rates, and the ability to cause major public health impact and social disruption such as anthrax, smallpox, and plague.
Bioterrorism Agents Category A
CDC's framework for addressing health in schools
Whole School Whole Community Whole Child (WSCC)
An equitable approach to research in which researchers, organizations, and community members collaborate on all aspects of a research project
Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR)
A detailed informational document prepared by the manufacturer or importer of a hazardous chemical
Safety Data Sheet (SDS)
A primary prevention intervention in the workplace. examples include use of less hazardous chemicals, or personal protective equipment (PPE), or hearing protection, or tethering a roofing worker to prevent a fall.
Engineering controls
Mass Casualty with unknown hazards requires this level of protection
PPE for multiple exposures
An approach to delivering high-quality, safe,cost-effective primary care.
Patient Centered Medical Home
A partnership with local organizations and business to improve access to care, goods and services to improve the health of a community
Community Engagement
A health promotion programs that allows employees to discuss work, financial, or social issues in a confidential setting
Employee assistance program (EAP)
Air pollution sources are categorized as
point sources which are stationary locations like factories, mobile sources include moving vehicles, and area sources are numerous, smaller, dispersed sources like dry cleaners or gas stations.
This plan includes identifying potential risks, developing response procedures, shelter requirements, establishing communication channels with residents and businesses, creating emergency response for onsite and offsite employees, and establishing evacuation routes
Emergency Preparedness