Nursing 2220A/B Chapter 10: 2220- week 10 reading
22 Nov 2016
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Environmental health includes aspects of human health, disease, injury that. 485 are determined by factors in the environment. Environmental factors include: chemical agents, physical agents, biological agents, broad physical and social environments. Workplace exposures can exacerbate existing back pain or cardiovascular conditions. Occupational diseases can occur from exposures that are unique to the workplace and unlikely to occur in concentrated form in daily life: ex. Occupational health nurses are a type of community health nurse: team may include physicians, industrial hygienists, engineers, toxicologists, etc. Occupational health nursing is a branch of nursing dealing with health, safety, treatment, care, and prevention of illness or injury in a workplace setting. The canadian occupational nurses association (cohna/aciist) is the national association for. 2 provides a national voice to influence health and safety regulations across the country. Dpeea framework: driving forces: factors that create pressures.
