Abstract

Today's political environment calls for nursing professionals to increase their awareness and efforts of advocacy to ensure ethical health policy. This study looked to determine the effect a week-long Washington, D.C. Immersion had on doctoral nursing students and its future impact regarding political awareness and engagement in health policy.

Author Details

Janice Baglietto, MS, RN, CCRN-K, Nursing Education and Research, Southside Hospital Northwell Health, Bay Shore, New York, USA; Francine Bono-Neri, MA, RN, PNP; Denise Susan Walsh, PhD, RN, FAAN -- The Barbara H. Hagan School of Nursing, Molloy College, Rockville Centre, New York, USA; Elizabeth Infante, MSN, RN, Good Shepherd Hospice, Catholic Heath Services, Farmingdale, New York, USA; Maureen Lowers-Roach, MBA, RN, New York Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York, USA

Sigma Membership

Alpha Omega

Type

Presentation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Research Approach

N/A

Keywords:

Doctoral Nursing Students, Health Policy, Washington, D.C.

Conference Name

Nursing Education Research Conference 2020

Conference Host

Sigma Theta Tau International,National League for Nursing

Conference Location

Washington, DC, USA

Conference Year

2020

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Washington, D.C. health policy immersion experience of doctoral nursing students: A phenomenological study

Washington, DC, USA

Today's political environment calls for nursing professionals to increase their awareness and efforts of advocacy to ensure ethical health policy. This study looked to determine the effect a week-long Washington, D.C. Immersion had on doctoral nursing students and its future impact regarding political awareness and engagement in health policy.