NURS 2512 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: World Health Organization, Walkerton, Ontario, Occupational Safety And Health
2 Mar 2017
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It is the nurse"s role to promote health and educate the client on the impact the environment has on the client"s health. The importance of drinking clean water, eating safe food. For these people, drinking unclean water, eating contaminated food, or suffering from air pollution is unavoidable because of a lack knowledge about the issue, resources and facilities. If nurses can only tell people to drink clean water, and stay away from polluted air but cannot provide information on how to manage the effects of the environment on their health it can lead to mistrust. For example, there is a concern that certain toxins deposited in water overtime accumulate in fish and become a hazard to those who consume large amounts. Aboriginal communities rely on fishing as a main source of food. While it is important as a nurse to educate the community on the risk of fish consumption, this community may not have any other affordable method of eating.
