Problem: To embrace the full responsibility for the privilege of serving as a professional nurse, individual nurses must participate in politics and the policymaking-making process. Nurses have the potential political power to make momentous contributions to the national healthcare system. Your readings discuss opportunities for nurses to engage in the policy process not as widely known or as visible (Patton et al., 2022).
Initial Post
For first discussion, talk about the similarities and differences between politics and policy in relation to the profession of nursing. Additionally, identify at least two policy issues in your workplace or nursing practice currently under discussion. What is the impetus for those policies? Describe your role, or potential role, and the impact that the policies will have on you and the health and safety of patients.