ATI COMMUNITY HEALTH CERTIFICATION PREP
2026
◉ Environmental Health. Answer: -Relates to the quality of the air,
lans, water, and other surroundings to which people come into
contact with
-Nurses identify environmental health risk, participate in research,
and use advocacy to improve environmental quality
-Nurses engage in environmentally friendly practices and use of
material as well as providing information to the public about
environmental health
-Nurse use toxicological information to understand the specific
effects that environmental hazards have on populations at risk or
following an exposure (Toxicology considers how exposure to
chemicals can have negative effects on health)
◉ Environmental Risks. Answer: -->Toxins
-lead, pesticides, mercury, solvents, asbestos, and radon
-->Air pollution
-carbon monoxide, particulate matter, ozone, lead, aerosols, nitrogen
dioxide, sulfur dioxide, and tobacco smoke
-->Water pollution
,-wastes, erosion after mining or timbering, and run-off from
chemicals added to the soil
-->Contamination
-food and food products with bacteria, pesticides, radiation, and
medication (growth hormones or antibiotics)
◉ Environmental Health: Role for Nurses. Answer: -Facilitate public
participation in measures to improve the environment
-Perform individual and population risk assessments
-Implement risk communication
-Conduct epidemiological investigations
-Policy development
◉ Environmental Health: Assessment. Answer: "I PREPARE" is a
method of determining current and past environmental exposures
--> I: Investigate potential expostures
--> P: Present work: exposures, use of PPE, location of safety data
sheets (SDS), hazardous materials brought home on clothing from
work, trends
--> R: Residence: age of home, heating, recent remodeling, chemical
storage, water
--> E: Environmental concerns: air, water, soil, industries in
neighborhoods, waste site or landfill nearby
,--> P: Past work: exposures, farm work, military, volunteer, seasonal,
length of work
--> A: Activities: hobbies, activities, gardening, fishing, hunting,
soldering, melting, burning, eating, pesticides, alternative
medicines/healing
--> R: Referrals and Resources: Environmental Protection Agency,
SDS, OSHA, local health dep
--> E: Educate: risk reduction, prevention, follow up
◉ National Health Care Goals. Answer: -->Reductions:
-toxic air emissions, waterborne disease outbreaks, per capita
domestic water use, blood lead levels in kids, pesticide exposures,
indoor allergen levels, homes with lead-based paint, exposure to
chemicals and pollutants, risks posed by hazardous sites, schools
near highways
-->Increases:
-use of alternative modes of transportations for work, number of
days beaches are open and safe for swimming, recycling, testing for
lead-based paint in houses, monitoring for diseases
◉ Environmental Health: Disease Prevention. Answer: Primary
Prevention
-->Individual
-Educate individuals to reduce environmental hazards
, -->Community
-Educate groups, advocate for safe water and air, support programs
for waste reduction and recycling, advocate for effective waste
management
Secondary Prevention
-->Individual
-Survey for health conditions related to environment and work,
obtain environmental health histories, monitor workers for levels of
chemical exposures, screen children 6 months to 5 years for blood
lead levels
-->Community
-Survey for health conditions, assess neighbors, schools, work sites,
and the community for environmental hazards
Tertiary Prevention
-->Individual
-Refer homeowners to lead abatement resources, educate clients
who have asthma about environmental triggers
-->Community:
-Become active in consumer and health-related organizations and
legislation related to environmental health issues, support cleanup
of toxic waste sites and removal of other hazards
2026
◉ Environmental Health. Answer: -Relates to the quality of the air,
lans, water, and other surroundings to which people come into
contact with
-Nurses identify environmental health risk, participate in research,
and use advocacy to improve environmental quality
-Nurses engage in environmentally friendly practices and use of
material as well as providing information to the public about
environmental health
-Nurse use toxicological information to understand the specific
effects that environmental hazards have on populations at risk or
following an exposure (Toxicology considers how exposure to
chemicals can have negative effects on health)
◉ Environmental Risks. Answer: -->Toxins
-lead, pesticides, mercury, solvents, asbestos, and radon
-->Air pollution
-carbon monoxide, particulate matter, ozone, lead, aerosols, nitrogen
dioxide, sulfur dioxide, and tobacco smoke
-->Water pollution
,-wastes, erosion after mining or timbering, and run-off from
chemicals added to the soil
-->Contamination
-food and food products with bacteria, pesticides, radiation, and
medication (growth hormones or antibiotics)
◉ Environmental Health: Role for Nurses. Answer: -Facilitate public
participation in measures to improve the environment
-Perform individual and population risk assessments
-Implement risk communication
-Conduct epidemiological investigations
-Policy development
◉ Environmental Health: Assessment. Answer: "I PREPARE" is a
method of determining current and past environmental exposures
--> I: Investigate potential expostures
--> P: Present work: exposures, use of PPE, location of safety data
sheets (SDS), hazardous materials brought home on clothing from
work, trends
--> R: Residence: age of home, heating, recent remodeling, chemical
storage, water
--> E: Environmental concerns: air, water, soil, industries in
neighborhoods, waste site or landfill nearby
,--> P: Past work: exposures, farm work, military, volunteer, seasonal,
length of work
--> A: Activities: hobbies, activities, gardening, fishing, hunting,
soldering, melting, burning, eating, pesticides, alternative
medicines/healing
--> R: Referrals and Resources: Environmental Protection Agency,
SDS, OSHA, local health dep
--> E: Educate: risk reduction, prevention, follow up
◉ National Health Care Goals. Answer: -->Reductions:
-toxic air emissions, waterborne disease outbreaks, per capita
domestic water use, blood lead levels in kids, pesticide exposures,
indoor allergen levels, homes with lead-based paint, exposure to
chemicals and pollutants, risks posed by hazardous sites, schools
near highways
-->Increases:
-use of alternative modes of transportations for work, number of
days beaches are open and safe for swimming, recycling, testing for
lead-based paint in houses, monitoring for diseases
◉ Environmental Health: Disease Prevention. Answer: Primary
Prevention
-->Individual
-Educate individuals to reduce environmental hazards
, -->Community
-Educate groups, advocate for safe water and air, support programs
for waste reduction and recycling, advocate for effective waste
management
Secondary Prevention
-->Individual
-Survey for health conditions related to environment and work,
obtain environmental health histories, monitor workers for levels of
chemical exposures, screen children 6 months to 5 years for blood
lead levels
-->Community
-Survey for health conditions, assess neighbors, schools, work sites,
and the community for environmental hazards
Tertiary Prevention
-->Individual
-Refer homeowners to lead abatement resources, educate clients
who have asthma about environmental triggers
-->Community:
-Become active in consumer and health-related organizations and
legislation related to environmental health issues, support cleanup
of toxic waste sites and removal of other hazards
