Lesson 12 Dicussion

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Case Study

Chapter 9 – Environment Health and Safety

Nurses are charged to incorporate knowledge of the

environment into their nursing practice. Nurses are

essential to improve environmental health through

nursing education, research, and practice. A public

health nurse incorporates an “upstream” focus in the

community health position working with the community

population. The community health nurse must consider

the precautionary principle in the upstream focus. The

nurse has to consider how the core functions of public

health will be applied.

1. What strategic actions does the community

health nurse need to consider as part of the

upstream framework? 2. The community health nurse is using the

precautionary principle in the upstream

framework in the community. What is the

precautionary principle and how is it applied to

public health and the core functions?

3. The core functions of public health can be

applied to public health nursing. What are the

core functions of public health?