Environmental Health Nursing: Exposure History, Home Hazards and Prevention

Course Purpose

This course focuses on environmental health practice and environmental exposures, including why exposures are missed in ordinary assessment, how to take a structured exposure history, indoor air and household hazards, carbon monoxide, radon, childhood lead, outdoor air quality, occupational heat stress and private drinking water.

Continuing Education Credit Designation

This educational activity is credited for 3 contact hours at completion of the activity.

Overview

This course is designed for nurses seeking to enhance their understanding of environmental health practice. It focuses on identifying and addressing environmental and occupational exposures that are often overlooked in routine clinical assessment. Nurses will learn why these exposures are easily missed, what the omission costs the patient, and how to integrate environmental health considerations into their practice to improve patient outcomes.

Objectives

Upon completion of this independent study, the learner will be able to:

1. Explain why environmental and occupational exposures are easily missed in ordinary clinical assessment and what that omission costs the patient.
2. Take a structured exposure history using its three components and follow a positive answer with appropriate detail about route, dose, duration and frequency.
3. Identify common indoor sources of hazardous exposure in the home, including combustion products, building materials, biologic pollutants and household chemicals.
4. Recognise carbon monoxide poisoning, including its nonspecific presentation, and explain the testing and prevention advice that applies.
5. Explain the lung cancer risk associated with indoor radon and give patients accurate testing advice.
6. Apply current guidance on childhood blood lead testing, follow-up, education and referral, including sources of lead exposure in the home.
7. Use the Air Quality Index to advise patients with asthma, heart disease and other sensitivities about outdoor activity.
8. Advise private well owners and workers exposed to heat about testing, maintenance and prevention, including after flooding or a power outage.

Who this course is for:

Healthcare professionals who want continuing education on Environmental Health Nursing: Exposure History, Home Hazards and Prevention.

Course outline

12 sections · finish in any order across devices

1. 1

   Course overview and learning objectives

2. 2

   Introduction

3. 3

   Why environmental illness is missed in ordinary assessment

4. 4

   Taking an exposure history: the three components

5. 5

   Indoor air and household hazards

6. 6

   Carbon monoxide: the poisoning that looks like winter

7. 7

   Radon: the ordinary house that causes lung cancer

8. 8

   Childhood lead exposure: testing, follow-up and the home

9. 9

   Outdoor air quality and heat: advising people who must go outside

10. 10

    Water, disasters and putting environmental practice into routine care

11. 11

    Nursing Considerations

12. 12

    Conclusion

This Course Satisfies

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Questions about this course

How many contact hours is Environmental Health Nursing: Exposure History, Home Hazards and Prevention?

3 contact hours, credited at completion.

How much does it cost?

$15.00 on its own, or included with All-Access ($29.99 a year, renewing yearly until you cancel).

Can I listen instead of reading?

Yes — every section can be read or heard, on your phone or computer.

When do I get my certificate?

As soon as you finish the course requirements and the evaluation. It stays in your account.

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