Abstract
This issue of Workplace Health & Safety contains a Continuing Nursing Education Module on “Bisphenol A: Understanding the Controversy” 1.0 contact hour of continuing nursing education credit will be awarded by AAOHN upon successful completion of the posttest and evaluation.
A certificate will be awarded when the following requirements are met by the participant: (1) Participant logs on to the AAOHN LMS website at www.aaohn.org/education/online-learning-center and enrolls in the course ($10 members; $15 non-members); (2) The completed posttest and course evaluation are entered online at http://www.aaohn.org by January 2018; (3) A score of 75% (6 correct answers) is achieved by the participant.
Upon completion of this lesson, the occupational health nurse will be able to:
Describe the health issues associated with BPA
Discuss the controversy of BPA as a health risk
The American Association of Occupational Health Nurses, Inc. is an Approved Provider of continuing nursing education by the American Association of Occupational Health Nurses, Inc., an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
The American Association of Occupational Health Nurses, Inc. is additionally approved as a CNE provider by the California Board of Registered Nursing (#CEP9283).
Contact hours received for successful completion of the posttest and evaluation may be used for relicensure, certification, and re-certification.
Carcinogen Heavy metal Endocrine disruptor Cholesterol enhancer
Environmental health should be integrated into nursing practice Environmental health issues lie solely in the practice domain of occupational health nurses Nurses should be doing research on health problems associated with BPA Physicians who admit patients to a hospital should assess the patient’s BPA exposure
A seldom-used product used primarily in developed countries A common product that primarily exposes workers involved in its manufacturing process A seldom-used product with profound environmental impacts A common product used world-wide that is released into the atmosphere
Linings of some metal cans used for foods Life-saving health care devices, such as dialysis machines Coatings of off-shore drilling platforms All of the above
Beans Fish Sweetened condensed milk Soup
The American Chemistry Council determined that BPA is harmful to small humans The FDA determined that BPA was an unsafe product All baby products are BPA-free Based on its research, the FDA amended the food additive regulations in 2012
The ethical problem associated with using animals for research Dogs, swine, rats and mice process BPA differently than humans do Animals are smaller than people All of the above
Variations in methods used for intervention Cross-sectional designs do not lend themselves to measures of long-term exposure Urinary BPA levels do not necessarily equate to adverse health outcomes All of the above