Influencing Health Care Through Advocacy

Choose a legislator on the state or federal level who is also a nurse and discuss the importance of the legislator/nurse\'s role as advocate for improving health care delivery. What specific bills has the legislator/nurse sponsored or supported that have influenced health care.

Discuss the importance of advocacy as it pertains to patient care. What is the nurse’s role in patient advocacy? Describe a situation in which you were involved with patient advocacy. Explain what the advocacy accomplished for the patient, and what the repercussions would have been if the patient would not have had an advocate
Whether nurses are advocating for their patients, health care, and/or policies that improve people’s lives, the advocacy processes have commonalities that transcend the subject of their advocacy
Research legislation that has occurred within the last 5 years at the state or federal level as a result of nurse advocacy. Describe the legislation and what was accomplished. What additional steps need to be taken to continue advocacy for this issue?
Demonstrate knowledge of the main features of the schools of moral thought and ethical traditions influencing nursing and midwifery
Nurse’s Role in Influencing the Legislative Process
discuss the roles nurses play in influencing policy at the community level and demonstrate the need for fundamental change in resource allocation
Influencing Quality
Course Learning Objectives (CLO): issues and trends in nursing influencing your professional practice
How does the Veterans Health Administration’s philosophy of care differ from private health care in regards to rationing health care, discretionary medical procedures, integrated health care of the payor, and plan and provider under the same structure?
Patient Advocacy for Health Care Quality: Strategies for Achieving Patient-Centered Care

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