A nurse takes action to protect the health, safety, and welfare of citizens, such as requiring im-munizations of children before admission to school. Which of the following levels of power is being used?
a. Executive
b. Legislative
c. Judicial
d. Police
ANS: D
Police power is state power concerning health care. This power allows states to act to protect the health, safety, and welfare of their citizens. Executive power comes as the executive branch sug-gests, administers, and regulates policy. Legislative power occurs as this branch of government identifies problems and proposes, debates, passes, and modifies laws to address those problems. Judicial power occurs as the judicial branch interprets laws and their meaning, as in its ongoing interpretation of states' rights to define access to reproductive health services for citizens of the states.
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