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Community Health Nursing Chapter 32 The Nurse in Occupational Health Exam Q&A 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 th...

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Community Health Nursing Chapter 32

The Nurse in Occupational Health Exam

Q&A 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. - ✔✔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

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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 - ✔✔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?

a. New workers employed less than 1 year

b. Older workers with chronic illnesses

c. Older workers with diminished hearing

d. Women in their childbearing years - ✔✔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.

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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 - ✔✔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 - ✔✔ANS: A

Transmission of tuberculosis (TB) within health care settings has

reemerged as a major public health problem. Outbreaks of this type of TB

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