A nurse manager is interviewing a new graduate for a job in a healthcare clinic. The nurse manager asks the new graduate, “What is the role of the nurse in helping clients achieve their optimal levels of health?” How should the graduate nurse respond? Select all that apply.

Choice A reason: While reducing healthcare costs may be an indirect benefit of Healthy People 2030, it is not the mission. The initiative focuses on improving health outcomes and equity rather than economic goals.

Choice B reason: Promoting health and well-being for all is the core mission of Healthy People 2030. It emphasizes achieving health equity, eliminating disparities, and improving the health of all population groups through evidence-based objectives.

Choice C reason: Healthy People 2030 does not provide healthcare services. It is a strategic framework for public health goals and priorities, not a healthcare delivery program.

Choice D reason: Eliminating chronic diseases is an aspirational goal, but not the stated mission. Healthy People 2030 aims to reduce the burden of chronic diseases through prevention and health promotion, not complete eradication.

Choice A reason: Creating local media campaigns to counter tobacco products is an evidence-based strategy for tobacco prevention among youth. These campaigns can raise awareness about the dangers of smoking, correct misinformation, and promote positive peer norms. Media outreach is especially effective when it includes youth voices and culturally relevant messaging.

Choice B reason: Hosting events that allow tobacco companies to advertise contradicts public health goals. Such exposure normalizes tobacco use and undermines prevention efforts. Adolescents are particularly susceptible to marketing tactics, and this approach would likely increase rather than decrease tobacco use.

Choice C reason: Asking markets to reduce the cost of tobacco products would make them more accessible and affordable, especially to youth. Lower prices are associated with increased consumption, and this strategy would directly oppose efforts to reduce tobacco use.

Choice D reason: Allowing tobacco companies to promote their products in youth community centers is highly inappropriate and dangerous. These centers are meant to support healthy development, and tobacco promotion in such spaces would expose adolescents to harmful influences and increase the risk of initiation.