Specialists in public health nursing usually have a degree with a focus in public health sciences. These practitioners are prepared at the graduate level. These specialists should be able to:
1. Teach public and community health nursing
2. Work with population groups and be able to assess and intervene successfully at the aggregate level
3. Diagnose and treat disease including having prescriptive authority
4. Run for political office as experts in public health policy
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According to the Consensus Conference, specialists should have assessment skills that allow them to intervene at the aggregate level. Although teaching at a School of Nursing often requires a master's degree, nurses who want to teach nursing would usually get their master's in nursing education.
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