The Public Health Service (PHS) is a federal agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The professional nurse is aware that the services provided by the PHS include which of the following? Select all that apply
A) Care to migrant workers
B) Care in federal prisons
C) Veterans Administration (VA) hospitals
D) Indian Health Services
Ans: A, B, D
The Public Health Services provides all of these services and others, except the Veterans Administration Hospitals. VA hospitals are supported by government-operated health care, not the PHS.
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