Which nursing professional organization represents the interests of nurses regarding many issues, tracks nursing and health care related bills across all states and examines priority issues and trends?
a. ANCC
b. Sigma Theta Tau International
c. ANA
d. CCNE
Question 2How can nurses communicate their positions to help influence policy?
1. Ongoing representation on policy-making committees.
2. Committees or boards.
3. Lobbying.
4. Making new laws at the state level.
5. Meeting with people in positions of influence
a. 1, 2, 4
b. 1, 2, 5
c. 1, 2, 3, 5
d. 1, 2, 4, 5
Question 3The four major areas of political action in nursing are
a. the workplace, the government, profes-sional organizations and the community.
b. the workplace, the educational institu-tions, professional organizations and the community.
c. the government, professional organizations and the state regulators, community boards.
d. the government, the community and nurs-ing boards, education board.
Question 4As a nurse and member of the Professional Practice Committee at your institution, you will be asked to review policies and to make suggestions for changes. The components of the review will include
a. evidence of the current practice, and a lit-erature review to determine current best evidence.
b. a nursing literature review.
c. evidence of outcomes.
d. comparison studies.
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