Chapter 32 The Nurse in Occupational Health

Chapter 32  The Nurse in Occupational Health

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Sample Questions

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. An occupational health nurse sees the various injuries and diseases that persons can acquire from employment. What advice would the nurse most likely give regarding safe employment?
a.
Find employment in physical labor; at least your body will be in good condition.
b.
Professional positions are the safest employment.
c.
Stay in white collar positions; there is less risk in offices.
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.

DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 598

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. In this scenario, the host is which of the following?
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.

DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 602

3. Of all employees in most workplaces, which group 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.

DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 602

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. In this scenario, what or who is 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.

DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 603

5. Which 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 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.

DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 604