Chapter 32: The Nurse in Occupational Health Stanhope: Foundations for Population Health in
Community/Public Health Nursing, 5th Edition
1.9. The occupational health nurse makes certain all employees have and know how to use
personal protective equipment (PPE). Which of the following factors will most likely determine
how effective the PPE is in keeping employees safe?: d. Psychosocial norms of the setting\The
employee will only be safe if the employee uses the PPE. If the employee doesn't use the PPE or uses
only part of the equipment, then the employee will be at risk. The primary determination of whether the
PPE is used correctly and used all the time is the psychosocial norms of the setting. If others are
careless in PPE use, then such carelessness is the norm. If everyone is extremely careful to use their
PPE, then that is the norm in that setting.
2.a. A majority of new jobs will be in service-oriented employment.
b. Employees will often have compressed work weeks, shift work, and reduced job security.
d. Many employees will be older and suffer chronic health problems.: 2. An occupational health
nurse should be aware of which of the following trends in the marketplace? (Select all that apply.)
3.a. Anxiety, depression, and exhaustion
An estimated 10% of Americans do some form of shift work that has the potential to lead to a
variety of psychological and physical problems, including exhaustion, depression, anxiety, and
gastrointestinal disturbance. Strategies to minimize the adverse effects of shift work, such as
rotating shifts clockwise, are beneficial: 7. A nurse makes the suggestion that the 2-week shift
rotations should be set up so that the next rotation in shifts is later rather than earlier. Which of the
following is the nurse attempting to prevent through this suggestion?
4.a. Each sick nurse
Each worker represents a host within the worker population group.: 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?
5.a. Housekeeping staff
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.: 5. Which of the
following hospital employees are most at risk for being exposed to and possibly developing active
drug-resistant TB?
6.a. It is autonomous, because the occupational nurse works independently.
b. The major focus is on the environment.: 1. Which of the following describes how occupational
health nursing differs from other nursing specialties? (Select all that apply.)
7.a. New workers employed less than 1 year
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.: 3. Which of the
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Community/Public Health Nursing, 5th Edition
1.9. The occupational health nurse makes certain all employees have and know how to use
personal protective equipment (PPE). Which of the following factors will most likely determine
how effective the PPE is in keeping employees safe?: d. Psychosocial norms of the setting\The
employee will only be safe if the employee uses the PPE. If the employee doesn't use the PPE or uses
only part of the equipment, then the employee will be at risk. The primary determination of whether the
PPE is used correctly and used all the time is the psychosocial norms of the setting. If others are
careless in PPE use, then such carelessness is the norm. If everyone is extremely careful to use their
PPE, then that is the norm in that setting.
2.a. A majority of new jobs will be in service-oriented employment.
b. Employees will often have compressed work weeks, shift work, and reduced job security.
d. Many employees will be older and suffer chronic health problems.: 2. An occupational health
nurse should be aware of which of the following trends in the marketplace? (Select all that apply.)
3.a. Anxiety, depression, and exhaustion
An estimated 10% of Americans do some form of shift work that has the potential to lead to a
variety of psychological and physical problems, including exhaustion, depression, anxiety, and
gastrointestinal disturbance. Strategies to minimize the adverse effects of shift work, such as
rotating shifts clockwise, are beneficial: 7. A nurse makes the suggestion that the 2-week shift
rotations should be set up so that the next rotation in shifts is later rather than earlier. Which of the
following is the nurse attempting to prevent through this suggestion?
4.a. Each sick nurse
Each worker represents a host within the worker population group.: 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?
5.a. Housekeeping staff
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.: 5. Which of the
following hospital employees are most at risk for being exposed to and possibly developing active
drug-resistant TB?
6.a. It is autonomous, because the occupational nurse works independently.
b. The major focus is on the environment.: 1. Which of the following describes how occupational
health nursing differs from other nursing specialties? (Select all that apply.)
7.a. New workers employed less than 1 year
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.: 3. Which of the
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