Other Titles
Engaging students in healthcare policies
Abstract
Session presented on Monday, September 19, 2016:
Nurses are the largest professional group within healthcare and have been voted the most trusted profession by the public for over 14 consecutive years (Tomajan, 2012). Capitalizing on this fact to influence as well as become a catalyst for change when opportunities present themselves would result in substantial advancement in the profession in addition to the populations they care for. The issue is nurses are indifferent about policy issues and are taught to focus on individual patient advocacy as opposed to population based advocacy despite being able to contribute significant information and wisdom on a variety of issues, initiatives, policies, etc. It has been suggested the reason some nurses are indifferent about policy issues may be due to a lack of knowledge and preparation to assume these roles as well as understanding their influence can produce results (O'Brien-Larivee, 2011).
Sigma Membership
Non-member
Lead Author Affiliation
Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia, USA
Type
Presentation
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
N/A
Research Approach
N/A
Keywords:
Nursing Education, Health Care Policy, Nurse Leadership
Recommended Citation
Romain-Lapeine, Fabiola, "Starting early: Influencing change through nurse engagement in health policy" (2024). Leadership. 98.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/leadership/2016/presentations/98
Conference Name
Leadership Connection 2016
Conference Host
Sigma Theta Tau International
Conference Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Conference Year
2016
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Starting early: Influencing change through nurse engagement in health policy
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Session presented on Monday, September 19, 2016:
Nurses are the largest professional group within healthcare and have been voted the most trusted profession by the public for over 14 consecutive years (Tomajan, 2012). Capitalizing on this fact to influence as well as become a catalyst for change when opportunities present themselves would result in substantial advancement in the profession in addition to the populations they care for. The issue is nurses are indifferent about policy issues and are taught to focus on individual patient advocacy as opposed to population based advocacy despite being able to contribute significant information and wisdom on a variety of issues, initiatives, policies, etc. It has been suggested the reason some nurses are indifferent about policy issues may be due to a lack of knowledge and preparation to assume these roles as well as understanding their influence can produce results (O'Brien-Larivee, 2011).