A nurse was becoming very frustrated at the ongoing stream of farmworkers with respiratory problems each spring. Which of the following actions should be taken by the nurse?
a. Provide community education on herbicides and other chemicals spread each spring with information on self-protective measures, such as respirators.
b. Fight to get farmers to quit spreading chemicals on their fields each spring.
c. Suggest that farmers spray water on the fields immediately after the chemicals are spread to reduce dust in the air.
d. Tell farm workers to obtain different employment.
e. Try to get farmers to reduce the amount of chemicals used on their fields.
ANS: A
Environmental health issues in rural communities, such as pesticide exposure or health hazards from point-source factory emissions, are more effectively assessed and remedied on a community level than on a case-by-case basis. Nurses' involvement in helping people understand health problems in a larger context can be the genesis of change. It is not realistic to have farmers quit or reduce the spreading of chemicals, spray water on their fields after chemical application, or ask them to obtain different employment. Nurses must work with farmers so that they are able to use safe measures when applying the chemicals to their fields.
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