A PHN has been prepared at the graduate level. Which of the following activities should the practitioner be able to complete?
a. Teach public and community health nurs-ing
b. Assess and intervene successfully at the aggregate level
c. Diagnose and treat disease and have pre-scriptive authority
d. Run for political office as experts in public health policy
ANS: B
According to the Consensus Conference, specialists should have assessment skills that allow them to intervene at the aggregate level. Public health practitioners have a broad range of practice areas within public health and are not limited to only nursing and medicine.
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