The community health nurse needs to have an understanding of the environmental factors that affect the health of communities. As practitioners of community health, how does this information aid us?
A) Health of any population cannot be affected by its surrounding environment.
B) We should support any claims of perfect disposal schemes for pollutants.
C) Pollutants can travel long distances because there are no perfect disposal schemes.
D) Water treatment systems usually precipitate pollutants to a top sludge.
Ans: C
Nurses must be aware that the health of any population can be affected by its surrounding environment. Next, nurses must be skeptical of any claims of perfect disposal schemes for pollutants; they do not exist. Remember that pollutants can travel long distances and remain undetected. Water treatment systems usually precipitate pollutants to a bottom sludge.
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