Abstract
This issue of Workplace Health & Safety contains a Continuing Nursing Education Module on “The Association Between Skin Rashes and Work Environment, Personal Protective Equipment, and Hygiene Practices Among Female Farmworkers” 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 at http://www.aaohn.org by July 2019;(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:
Discuss research on rashes among female farmworkers
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.
On citrus crops in Florida In nurseries and ferneries In harvesting lettuce and cabbage in Arizona As crop dusters
Self-report questionnaires Workers’ medical records Data from the on-site occupational health staff Interviews with supervisors
Is generally high if PPE does not include respirators Is higher among pregnant workers than non-pregnant workers Remains low Is neither required nor recommended for agriculture workers
Is commonly used in studies involving non-English speakers Reported high validity and reliability measures Was randomly used by half the workers Was pilot tested in this study
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Based on the Lund and Browder burn chart clinical assessment method Based on researchers’ expertise in conducting such calculations Not done for this particular study Not done for pregnant participants in this study
One in five farmworkers never has handwashing facilities. The skin rash diagram is a clinically useful tool for documenting skin rashes. Without washing facilities, workers are likely to bring home pesticide residue. No statistically significant findings were found in any of the analyses.
To study the health effects of prolonged exposure to pesticides To assess the effect of adequate handwashing facilities on the reported incidence of skin rash Incorporating BMI in calculations of TBSA covered by rashes All of the above