NR 443 Week 6 Discussion – Environmental Health

NR 443 Week 6 Discussion – Environmental Health
Environmental health is the branch of public health that focuses on the interactions between the environment and human health. This includes studying the impacts of physical, chemical, and biological agents on human health, as well as the development of policies and programs to prevent or mitigate those impacts. Some examples of environmental health concerns include air and water pollution, exposure to hazardous substances, and the spread of vector-borne diseases. Environmental health professionals work to protect and promote the health of communities by assessing and mitigating environmental health risks.
NR 443 WEEK 6 DISCUSSION LATEST

Environmental Pollutants (Graded)

Visit the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Envirofacts website athttp://www.epa.gov/enviro/ . Enter your city, zip code, or location. Explore the site to learn more about your environment and things that might be impacting the health of its citizens. Identify something new you learned about your environment and how it could be affecting health by completing this statement, “I didn’t know ____.” How could you, in the role of a community health nurse, address these concerns?

NR 443 Week 6 DQ 2 Disaster Preparedness Recent
Disaster Preparedness (Graded)

Visit the website http://www.ready.gov . Review the steps for being prepared for a disaster. As a community health nurse, what elements do you think are important to stress to the community? How is your community preparing for a potential disaster, or how has it prepared?

NR 443 WEEK 7 DISCUSSION LATEST

Affordable Healthcare (Graded)

Please explore the website www.healthcare.gov. Choose the “Get Answers” tab towards the top of the page. Please review several of the topics under this tab and share something that you learned about how the Marketplace works and how this would apply to those in your community.

The Affordable Care Act is a controversial topic and I’m sure there are many different viewpoints represented in our class. For this discussion, let’s focus on understanding the basics of the Marketplace so that we can provide accurate information for our patients and communities.

NR 443 Week 7 DQ 1 How Do You Define Health Recent
How Do You Define Health? (Graded)

Think about how you define health. Do you think your definition is universal, or is it specific to your culture and/or beliefs? How might another culture’s definition differ?

NR 443 WEEK 8 DISCUSSION LATEST 2016 JULY

Future Directions (graded) Reflect on what you have learned in this course. What future concerns are likely to impact public health? How do you see global health concerns impacting your community? How can you apply what you have learned in this course to your current practice?