A nurse is employed in an occupational health setting. Which of the following activities would be a primary role of the nurse?
a. Caring for employees and their families
b. Providing health promotion and emergen-cy care
c. Updating the Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs)
d. Reporting communicable diseases
ANS: B
The customary role of the occupational health nurse extends beyond emergency treatment and prevention of illness and injury and also includes the promotion and maintenance of health, over-all risk management, care for the environment, and efforts to reduce health-related costs in busi-ness. The occupational health nurse does not typically care for families of employees, update MSDSs, or report communicable diseases.
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