Chapter 32 community health nursing: The
nurse in occupational health. Exam
Questions And Answers 100% Pass.
1. An occupational health nurse sees the various injuries and diseases that persons can acquire from
employment. Which of the following recommendations would the nurse most likely provide about
safety in the workplace?
a. Find employment in physical labor; at least your body will be in good condition.
b. Professional positions are the safest choice for employment.
c. White collar positions provide the least risk for injury.
d. There is no "safe" occupation or profession. - answer✔ANS: D
Most adults spend about one third of their time at work. Every single industry grapples with serious
hazard. No work is completely risk free.
2. A nurse who works for a hospital in employee health notes that several nurses from one unit have
missed work after contracting a communicable disease from a patient. Which of the following best
describes the host factor?
a. Each sick nurse
b. The communicable disease
c. The hospital
d. The patient - answer✔ANS: A
Each worker represents a host within the worker population group.
3. Which of the following groups should the occupational health nurse devote the most time to
regarding education and follow-up evaluation?
d. Women in their childbearing years - answer✔ANS: A
The population group at greatest risk for experiencing work-related accidents with subsequent injuries is
new workers with less than 1 year of experience on the current job. Because of the inherent risks, the
nurse should spend extra time with this group to decrease risk.
4. An employee in a laboratory drops a flask, resulting in a chemical splash into the employee's eyes,
which in turn results in burns to the eyes. Which of the following would be considered the agent?
a. The chemical
b. The employee
c. The flask
d. The laboratory - answer✔ANS: A
Agents represent potential dangers or risk to the health and safety of workers. If the flask had broken
and glass got into the employee's eye, then the flask would be an agent. However, in the case given, the
chemical itself caused the damage.
5. Which of the following hospital employees are most at risk for being exposed to and possibly
developing active drug-resistant TB?
a. Housekeeping staff
b. Medical staff
c. Nursing staff
d. Ward clerks - answer✔ANS: A
Transmission of tuberculosis (TB) within health care settings has reemerged as a major public health
problem. Outbreaks of this type of TB have been reported in hospitals, and some workers have
developed active drug-resistant TB. Many workers in these settings are employed as maintenance
workers, security guards, aides, or cleaning people, who tend not to be well protected from inadvertent
exposures, which include contaminated bed linen in the laundry, soiled equipment, and trash containing
contaminated dressings or specimens.
6. Which of the following is the most common disabling condition when measured by days away from
work?
a. Bruises
b. Cuts and lacerations
c. Mental illnesses
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