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Hello Nurses,
I have learned that shielding,time, and distance can reduce your risk of radiation exposure in hospitals. Just curious, what health problems can radiation cause and how ?
Thank you in advance.
Gila: 'fraid I didn't quite finish the BSNE, otherwise an ABSN would be a good plan. When I finish by BSN, I'll have over 200 credits!I thought we had answered your question quite thoroughly. I don't know what else to tell you other than to summarize: normal occupation radiation exposure in hospitals leads to negligible increases in cancer risk over a lifetime. Exposure limits are not normally reached. Even at the limits, the risk extremely low. If you are pregnant, effects are magnified (radiation is a teratogen).
I could throw a bunch of numbers out, but I'm not sure they'd be very helpful. If you really want to get into the subject, here is some light reading:
If that http://ec.europa.eu/energy/nuclear/radiation_protection/doc/publication/125.pdf
And I thank you for your help.
healthstar, BSN, RN
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Yes, it was very helpful.