ATI RN
Environmental Health and Occupational Health Questions
Question 1 of 5
When using an environmental perspective, which would be the most important question for a nurse to ask when assessing potential health problems?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Because 25% of worldwide preventable illnesses are caused by poor environmental quality, nurses need to ask critical questions about their clients' work and home environments to help discern the contributions of specific hazards to their health. This can be accomplished by an environmental health history. The other responses do not address a question that would be addressed during an environmental health history.
Question 2 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 3 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 4 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.
Question 5 of 5
Which conclusion can be drawn concerning efforts to decrease environmental pollution?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Legislation in the 1970s was aimed toward a comprehensive national environmental policy. The momentum slowed in the 1980s, with policies being reversed and regulation losing its funding. This trend has continued. The EPA sets rules but lacks resources to accomplish the goals. There are no federal mandates for recycling, but local communities have made great strides in this area.