An advanced population health nurse in a correctional setting can best utilize this role to:
1. Provide basic care to inmates.
2. Counsel inmates about health promotion activities.
3. Formulate health care policy for inmates and evaluate the effects of the facility health care program.
4. Treat disease and injuries that occur in this setting.
Answer: 3
Explanation: 3. The advanced practice role of nurses in correctional facilities goes beyond the basic role in the ability to formulate health care policy and evaluate the effectiveness of the facility's health care program. Providing care to inmates, treating disease and injuries, and counseling about health promotion are all activities of basic nursing practice in correctional facilities.
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