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Final Blog This course has been so valuable and eye-opening.  I still can't believe everything I have learned; and how grateful I am to live the life I do. As a nurse and future provider I hope to change things; attempt to make others lives better.  From our first class learning about our different nursing organizations and how to get involved to mid semester learning about our water supply; and in some countries lack of safe water and proper sanitary appliances; to now finally cell phone safety and chemicals MSDS safety. There is so much to take in and so many things after this semester I want to take on to change. Although baby steps are needed; we can make drastic changes to our environment, and because of this course I have done. I have personally changed products I use and look for safer products to replace. I have asked more questions about our safety committees and other ways to give back and help make our community and hospital better ...

Blog #21 Consider your findings on your MSDS about the potential dangers associated with the chemical/product you looked up. Was the MSDS an adequate tool for worker to use to gain an understanding about the potential health risks and how to protect him/herself? I printed Finasteride as my substance; I thought this was a perfect choice, as my nursing students have been administering it, but learned that none of them knew about the risks. The MSDS that I printed had great warning, but they were not very clear as to the process. An example: under Eye /Face Protection it has to wear safety goggles or face shield. All equipment should have been tested and approved under appropriate standards, such as NIOSH(US). But I was looking for a warning, something to show my students what is harmful and why they need this. Consider tat the general public reads at a reading level at or below 6th grade, and that's if English is their first language. Was the MSDS still adequate? Some ...

Blog #26 Have you ever looked at the warnings that are on your cell phone. If you have an iPhone, follow these directions to find them on your phone: Go to settings - - >General - - >About -->Legal. What do you think about what you found, in light of this module's content? Well first off, OMG I have never seen so much!  Most of the legal page was not helpful in answering this questions, but the section for RF exposure was enlightening. According to my iPhone, it has ben tested and meets the applicable limits for radio frequency exposure. Now this hits a little close home as we just discussed what "acceptable limits" exactly are. Just like with the candy dispenser, there is no mention of who set this limitation.   Specific Absorption refers to the rate at which the body absorbs RF energy, The SAR limit is 1.6 watts per kilogram in countries that set the limit average over 1 gram of tissue and 2.0 watts per kilogram in countries that set the limit av...