Find products in your home or items in your surroundings that you are exposed to daily that contain at least 1 contaminant from each category of the following substances (for a total of 10 contaminants):

• Heavy metals
• Harmful solvents
• Volatile organic compounds or vapors
• Pesticides
• Radiation

• Name 10 different contaminants
• Classify each contaminant as a heavy metal, harmful solvent, volatile organic compound or vapor, pesticide, or radiation.
• Source. Identify the source or sources of the contaminant. Where does it come from?
• Location. Where is the product located in or around the house?
• Effects. Describe how the contaminant affects plants and humans. What are the harmful impacts?
• Exposure route. What is the route of exposure, meaning how does the actual exposure to the harmful contaminants occur? Examples could be ingestion, inhalation, skin (dermal) exposure, etc.
• Distribution. Once inside the body, how is the contaminant transported and distributed? Does it impact certain organs, bones, or blood, for example?
• Toxic Response. In the event of an exceptionally large, short-term exposure what is the immediate the toxic response, or symptoms?
• Elimination. How is the contaminant eliminated from the body or detoxified (processed) in the body?

A 69-year-old client develops hypertension, tachycardia, and increased respirations two days after surgery. Arterial blood gas (ABG) results are pH 7.29, PaCO₂52, HCO-₃ 24, SaO₂ 95%.  The nurse interprets the test results as.

An APRN is working in a community clinic providing postnatal care to a diverse population of families. The APRN knows that there is an ethnic disparity for infant mortality.

Where could the APRN go to find information on infant mortality disparities?

What is the ethnic disparity in infant mortality?

What social determinants of health are associated with infant mortality?

How might an APRN participate in local efforts to reduce infant mortality rates on a population level?

An APRN is working in a community clinic providing postnatal care to a diverse population of families. The APRN knows that there is an ethnic disparity for infant mortality.

Where could the APRN go to find information on infant mortality disparities?

What is the ethnic disparity in infant mortality?

What social determinants of health are associated with infant mortality?

How might an APRN participate in local efforts to reduce infant mortality rates on a population level?

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