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Environmental And Occupational Health Risks: Educating Undergraduate Student Nurses For Best Practice, Dorinda A. Mercado
Environmental And Occupational Health Risks: Educating Undergraduate Student Nurses For Best Practice, Dorinda A. Mercado
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The environments we inhabit, whether homes, schools, workplaces, or the communities that envelop them, are replete with ubiquitous health risks that we routinely ignore to avoid analysis paralysis from worries. Environmental risks are hidden in food, drink, household and personal care products, furniture, and building materials; chemical hazards and physical residues of modern living contaminate air, water, and soil. Occupational hazards are prevalent in workplaces as diverse as agriculture, highways, and hospitals. A recent study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2022) found that out of 2,310 urine samples taken from a group of Americans from the United …