The occupational health nurse is determining an employee's fitness to return to work. What should be the focus of this assessment?
1. Modify the work environment to promote a return to work.
2. Advocate for environmental modifications to prevent recurrent problems.
3. Modify the work environment to accommodate limitations due to disability.
4. Monitor treatment effects and disease status.
Answer: 1
Explanation: 1. An aspect of resolving a health problem is assessing an employee's fitness to return to work after an illness or injury. Modifying the work environment as needed to promote the employee's return to work is in the employer's interest as well as the employee's. Advocating for environmental modifications to prevent recurrent problems addresses disease prevention. Modifying the work environment to accommodate limitations due to disability is injury prevention. Monitoring treatment effects and disease status addresses preventing complications of chronic conditions.
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