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Environmental Health and Occupational Health Questions
Question 1 of 5
Dave tries to follow the safety protocols on the rig as much as possible because he knows he would feel terrible if a coworker was injured due to something stupid that Dave did or forgot to do. What type of extrinsic motivation is represented in this example?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: The correct answer is C: identified regulation. In this scenario, Dave is motivated by a sense of personal importance and alignment with his values and beliefs. Identified regulation involves engaging in a behavior because it is personally meaningful and consistent with one's identity. Dave's motivation stems from a genuine concern for his coworker's safety and a desire to uphold safety protocols for ethical reasons. Incorrect options: A: External regulation - This involves performing a behavior to receive a reward or avoid punishment, which is not the case for Dave. B: Introjected regulation - This type of motivation involves engaging in a behavior to avoid guilt or attain ego-enhancement. Dave's motivation goes beyond this as he is driven by a deeper sense of responsibility. D: Integrated regulation - This level of motivation involves behaviors that are fully assimilated into one's sense of self, which may not fully align with Dave's scenario as he is primarily focused on the consequences of his actions on others rather than internalizing the behavior completely.
Question 2 of 5
Which nursing action would be the most helpful to the community's long-term health?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: The ultimate goal is liberating people from health-damaging environmental conditions by using collective actions. Mechanisms have included strategic organization, litigation, public hearing testimony, letter-writing campaigns, legislative lobbying, and mass demonstrations. Helping the community create political change through organization, use of media, legislative lobbying, and mass demonstrations shows how collective action can be applied. The other interventions do not demonstrate the use of collective action.
Question 3 of 5
What is meant by discriminatory land use?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Discriminatory land use ensures that many impoverished and marginalized groups, especially people of color, live in close proximity to industrial contamination. Members of these communities are at risk for illness and injury. The other responses do not correctly define discriminatory land use.
Question 4 of 5
Why are health care providers concerned over such social issues as mass transit, clean power, and the farming industry?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: All three (mass transit, clean power, and industry) emit air pollutants, which result in smog, the most common outdoor air pollutant in the United States. Atmospheric pollutants cause or contribute to asthma, allergic reactions, bronchitis, lung cancer, chronic respiratory disease, and death. They also harm animals and plants. The most inclusive answer refers to air pollutants, although certainly, the others are true in society today.
Question 5 of 5
Which best describes a food desert?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: A food desert is a neighborhood with little or no access to healthy foods. There are significant disparities in access to healthy and fresh food supplies, with poor minority families being more likely to live in a food desert. The other responses are not the correct definition of a food desert.