A nurse is assessing for environmental health risks in the community. Which of the following ap-proaches would be most appropriate for the nurse to use? (Select all that apply.)

Question

a. Ask legislators to provide a list of envi-ronmental pollutants in the area
b. Develop a list of exposures associated with urban, rural, or suburban settings
c. Assess the risk by medium such as air, water, soil, or food
d. Divide the environment into functional locations: home, school, workplace, and community
e. Recruit community members to sign a pe-tition to decrease pollution

Answer 1

ANS: B, C, D
Developing a list of exposures associated with urban, rural, or suburban settings, assessing the risk by medium such as air, water, soil, or food, and dividing the environment into functional lo-cations: home, school, workplace, and community are ways a nurse can assess the environment. Asking legislators for a list of pollutants or recruiting community members to sign a petition are not effective means to assess for environmental health risks.