Nurse Engagement Research Paper
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Thank you for sharing your insight on nurse engagement in healthcare policy. Federal policies may not directly govern nursing practice, but they do impact many aspects of healthcare delivery. For example, when federal policies limit grants for nursing education it decreases the number of nurses in the nursing pipeline thereby exacerbating the nursing shortage (Manton, 2016). Furthermore, local legislatures like the nurse practice acts, can govern the nursing scope of practice, staffing requirements, and patient ratios all of which can directly impact nursing practice (Manton, 2016). As such, nurses must recognize that political activism at local, state, and federal level is critical to securing the future of nursing and is both
Thank you for sharing your insight on nurse engagement in healthcare policy. Federal policies may not directly govern nursing practice, but they do impact many aspects of healthcare delivery. For example, when federal policies limit grants for nursing education it decreases the number of nurses in the nursing pipeline thereby exacerbating the nursing shortage (Manton, 2016). Furthermore, local legislatures like the nurse practice acts, can govern the nursing scope of practice, staffing requirements, and patient ratios all of which can directly impact nursing practice (Manton, 2016). As such, nurses must recognize that political activism at local, state, and federal level is critical to securing the future of nursing and is both