There Are Many Barriers to Specializing in Public Health Nursing

question 25

Multiple Choice

There are many barriers to specializing in public health nursing. They include which of the following? Select all that apply.

• A) The mindset that the only role for the nurse is at the bedside.
• B) The structures within which nurses work and the process of role socialization within those structures.
• C) Few nurses receive graduate-level preparation in the concepts and strategies of the disciplines basic to public health.
• D) The number of job opportunities in the area has been steadily declining.

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Definitions:

Substitution

The act of replacing one thing with another, especially a similar item, in response to changes in market conditions or personal preferences.

Convex Preferences

In microeconomics, a condition where consumers prefer a mix of goods over having only one good, illustrated by a convex shape of their indifference curves.

Centered

In a general context, it means being in the middle or at the heart of something; in mathematics, it can refer to the process of adjusting data points or a distribution so that its mean equals zero.

Convex Preferences

Refers to a situation in economics where a consumer prefers a mix or combination of goods over having all of one good, demonstrating a desire for diversity in consumption.