Many nurses do not get involved in health care policy even though the nurse should. Most nurses do not know much about health care policies, some view it as “foreign and complex” (Falk, 2014, p. 203). I consider myself one of the nurses that do not know much about health care policy and I am one of the nurses that do not get involved in health care policy. I do not get involved with health care policy because I was never taught about it, so I do not want to get involved in something that I do not know much about. I look forward to learn more about health policies and becoming more involved in health policies.
A master’s prepared nurse has many roles in the health care field. One of the many roles is participating in health policies. A “Master’s-prepared nurses will use their political efficacy and competence to improve the health outcomes of populations and improve the quality of the healthcare delivery system” (American Association of Colleges of Nursing, 2011, p. 20). By the master’s prepared nurse being involved with health policy it is a way to make sure his or her patients are receiving the quality care that the patient needs. Being involved in health policy, it is
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According to the article, “at the state levels, [the] nurse [can be] instrumental in influencing change in scope of practice… expanded roles for advanced practice nurses” (Falk, 2014, p. 203). There are many people out in the community that now need primary care doctors because of the new health care laws and there are not enough doctors out there. By increasing the roles that an advanced practice nurse can do, it might help decrease the number of patient’s that do not have primary care doctors. By the master’s prepared nurse trying to get all people in the community a health care provider it will decrease on the visits to the emergency room that are