MODULE 20:
Environmental Sanitation, Sanitation Code, Clean Air Act
What are the four time-bound interventions of EINC?
1. Immediate and thorough drying of the newborn – Dry for 30 seconds to 1-minute
warms the newborn and stimulate breathing.
2. Early skin to skin contacts between mother and the newborn – This to prevent
hypothermia and hypoglycemia
3. Properly timed cord clamping and cutting - Clamp and cut the cord after cord
pulsations have stopped (typically at 1 to 3 minutes) prevents anemia and protect
against brain hemorrhage
4. Non-separation of baby from mother – The first feed provides colostrum, a substance
equivalent to the babies first immunization in its protective properties
ANWSE RATIONALE
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1. A Educating kitchen workers about safe and food preparation may reduce
transmission of microorganism and contamination of foods.
2. C A sanitary inspector is responsible for seeing to it that the sanitary guidelines are
being followed at the station and its premises.
3. A Clean Air Act (R.A.8749) the government's measures to reduce air pollution and
incorporate environmental protection into its development plans.
4. C All options are the rights in accordance to R.A. 8749 expect the rright to discard
non- hazardous household, commercial, institutional waste
5. C Checking healthy physical environment is not a function of rural health midwife
6. B DOH mission is to ensure the accessibility of recording and reporting the result of
health care delivery system.
7. C Cholera is a bacterial disease that usually spread through contaminated after that
will causes severe diarrhea and dehydration
8. B Handwashing is the most effective measure in reducing the risk of transmitting
infectious disease
9. A Transient flora are normal flora that a person picks up by coming in contact with
objects or another person it can remove these with hand washing
10. B Consumer Confidence Reports (CCRs), also known as water quality reports
or drinking water quality reports, provide you with important information about the
quality of your drinking water.
Three things you learned: 1. Nursing practice relevant to Nursing
Philippine Law
1. The Clean Air Act (R.A.8749)
2. Strategic Nursing intervention about
2. The Environmental Sanitation
sanitation in community settings
3. The Sanitation Code
One question you still have
Two things that you’d like to learn more
about: None
MODULE 21:
School Occupational Safety and Health
Differentiate mobile source from stationary source of air pollution?
Mobile source is any vehicle /machine propelled by or through oxidation or reduction reactions
while stationary source refers to any building or fixed structure, facility, or installation that emit air
pollutants as a reaction product.
ANSWER RATIONALE
1. B Nurses must maintain the confidentiality and protection of individual students
when presenting health-related data in accordance to the code of ethics
2. D Possible legal and ethical constraints arise regarding delegation in nursing.
Therefore, the American Nurses Association developed the five rights of
delegation to assist nurses in making safe decisions.
3. A It is essential for the school nurse to interview and consult with the student and
his or her parents/guardians to learn about the student's diabetes regimen,
physician recommendations, and how and when the family and student monitor
the student's glucose levels.
4. B The school nurse can coordinate conferences with the student who has
diabetes and the student's parents/guardians, teachers, and principal to
discuss the student's health and develop a care plan for the student.
5. D In these cases, the school nurse should administer a source of sugar, in the
form of glucose tabs or gel/icing, or simple carbohydrates such as juice, regular
soda, candy, or honey.
6. D This is to prevent the patient from nighttime confused wandering.
7. B Vertigo is a sensation of spinning dizziness, as though the room or surrounding
environment is spinning in circles around the person. Assessing patient walking
to the bathroom prevents from fall.
8. B The zip-closure prevents contamination of the environment during
transportation.
9. B A nurse working in an occupational health setting will most likely work as a
nurse practitioner
10. B Walk through the work site is the best method an occupational health nurse
can use when assessing workplace hazards
What was the most useful or the most meaningful thing you have learned this session?
School health services are offered to the students so that they can attain a healthy living
including physical examination, treatment of minor ailment and common diseases. It is the
responsibility of the teachers and other school staff to find out any deviation from the normal
condition and take appropriate steps in this direction.
What question(s) do you have as we end this session?
None
