Policy Initiatives

Nursing professionals have had many notable leaders who contributed to the growth and advancement of the profession. One notable leader I look up to is Florence Nightingale, who is considered the mother of modern nursing. Her environmental theory has guided modern infection control practices in healthcare settings (Gilbert, 2020). Nurse leaders must have skills and knowledge to ensure they are effective leaders. The most meaningful part of MSN-565 is nurses getting involved in the political process.

Nurses must participate in grassroots actions to advocate for policies that positively impact healthcare services. Nurses must be resourceful in political advocacy at the grassroots level. Nurse leaders must be politically competent to help promote policy formulation. Politically competent nurse leaders have an objective in mind and political know-how to collaborate with others in their efforts to ensure policy advocacy and legislation are achieved (Alhassan et al., 2019). To make policy changes that positively impact the nursing profession, nurses must know how legislation is done at the local, state, and national levels. Nurses are ethically obligated to take an active role in protecting individual and community health. One of the most effective ways of achieving this is by advocating for formulating healthcare policies that positively impact patient care.

Some states still don’t allow nurses to practice independently despite being advanced practitioner nurses.APRNs must enter into collaboration with supervising physicians. These are some grassroots policies that nurses are advocating for to ensure that all states allow APRNs to practice independently and provide cost-effective and quality healthcare services. The primary physician shortage is looming. Hence, APRNs will practice in primary healthcare settings to ensure individuals and communities receive the healthcare services to meet their complex and unique needs.

References

Alhassan, A., Kumi-Kyereme, A., Wombeogo, M., & Fuseini, A. (2019). Nurse participation in political activities: Level and practices of registered nurses in Tamale, Ghana. OJIN: The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, 24(2). https://doi.org/10.3912/ojin.vol24no02ppt63

Gilbert, H. A. (2020). Florence Nightingale’s environmental theory and its influence on contemporary infection control. Collegian, 27(6), 626-633. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colegn.2020.09.006

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Policy Initiatives

of grassroots policy initiatives and the role of nurse leaders in improving health outcomes and/or impacting barriers to practice by their engagement in policy processes.