Health Policy/Discussion/Week 7


 

Nurses advocate for their patients every day. Whether collaborating with the health care team to ensure a patient’s plan of care is appropriate, connecting patients and families to community resources, or teaching a patient during discharge planning, nurses utilize a set of interpersonal skills that lend them to be natural advocates (Mason, et. al. 2021).

What are some examples of how a lobbyist for a professional nursing organization works with nursing advocates on any given healthcare-related issue?

300 words, 2 references

(Please utilize your textbook and note chapters for week 7).

 Policy & Politics in Nursing and Health Care, 8th Edition.