I am the Director of the Environmental Health Center at the University of Maryland School of Nursing.
Who is Barbara Sattler?
100
Identify the level of prevention:
Support cleanup of toxic waste dumps
What is Tertiary prevention?
100
"It all has to go somewhere" and "The solution to pollution is dilution" are two examples of this enviornmental nursing competency
What is "obtain basic knowledge"?
100
matter can not be created or destroyed but remains in the environment in some form
What is "it all has to go somewhere"?
200
Do you have any symptoms that improve when you are away from work or home?
What is I = investigate all exposures?
200
I believe there are 5 points to securing a healthy household: Pure air, Pure water, Efficient drainage, Cleanliness, Light
Who is Florence Nightengale?
200
Identify level of prevention:
Monitor workers for levels of chemical exposure
What is Secondary prevention?
200
The establishment of the EPA and Clean Air and Water Acts are related to which environmental nursing competency?
What is Legislation & Regulation?
200
This principle requires us to be aware of our everyday existence and the interrelatedness of the environment to health and illness
What is everything is connected to everything else?
300
Have you ever been in the military, completed farm work or worked in a factory?
What is P = past work?
300
Tanya Field's story regarding her daughter's asthma exacerbation related to residing in a neighborhood near a treatment plant that processed 70% of the city’s municipal waste, coming through our community on trucks, is an example of what model
What is the Model for the Relationship Between Exposure to Hazardous Substances and Adverse Health effects?
300
Identify level of prevention:
Support disclosure of radon and lead concentrations in homes for sale
What is Primary prevention?
300
Actions aimed at changing conditions that are detrimental to populations of people
What is (class) advocacy?
300
Interventions that may have started off as good ideas but have created more problems
What is "today’s solution may be tomorrow’s problem"?
400
Do you engage in any alternative healing or cultural practices?
What is A = activities?
400
Majora Carter's environmental justice work illustrates "application of fair and just treatment policies for everyone"
What is ethics?
400
Identify level of prevention:
Provide appropriate nursing care at worksites or in the home for persons with known toxic hazard related diseases
What is Tertiary prevention?
400
When a nurse asks the following questions: Have you been exposed to any radiation, chemical liquids or dust or mists or fumes? orIs there any relationship between current symptoms and activities at work or home,? what nursing competency is he illustrating?
What is "assessment and referral"?
400
This intervention only has a short-term effectiveness