PHN application - answering supplemental questions with limited experience as a New Grad

[estoquodes]

I'm a new graduate nurse, and have been following a program in public health for about a year a half now. I knew it was a program I would want to apply to if a PHN I position opened up. Lo and behold, it has! #swoon

I don't know what it's like in other states, but here in CA PHN applications have a series of supplemental questions that are required. I have been able to answer all of them pretty well I think, bar one. It is a question that asks to 'describe my knowledge and experience in interpreting and applying federal, state, local or grant program regulations or policies in a public health environment.' It is the ONE question I'm really stumped by, because I cannot think of any clinical, public health, or life experience where I interpreted or applied a program regulation.

But, I still have to answer this question, and I'd like to answer it as well as I have the others. Are there any new grads out there that were able to weave their public health, or clinical experience, into answering this question? Or are there any seasoned PHN's out there who can offer some guidance on how to approach a question like this, from the standpoint of a new grad? Obviously there is no standard answer for something like this, and I'm not really looking for an answer - just maybe some insight or guidance into how to approach the question...because I may just not thinking about it the right way. Thanks very much.

[Taraflesner]

Just off the top of my head, did your community health rotation in school include any state/federally funded programs? For example, in my pediatric rotation, we got 3 clinical days of Headstart, a federally funded comprehensive health and wellness program for low-income preschool-aged children.