Yolanda Peters works as an RN in a respiratory unit of a large hospital but is seeking a change. Most of her clients have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, lung cancer,
and a variety of communicable diseases such as pneumonia and tuberculosis. Yolanda wants a change to focus more on prevention and health promotion, and a career counselor suggested that her background and interests would prepare her for work in:
1. Ambulatory oncology or ambulatory surgery.
2. Occupational health or public health.
3. Parish health or correctional health.
4. School health or rural health.
ANS: 2
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