Quality Alliance Steering Committee: Article Analysis

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Nurses provide a vital role in the health care system. Sure, we may not be able to diagnose or write prescriptions. However, we are the main advocates for the patients. We also stand by the side of our patients through their entire hospital stay. It is the nurse who notices the smallest changes in their patients. Throughout history nurses have been under appreciated, not to say its done on purpose. Luckily, the best nurses do not do what they do for praise or approval but because we care and want to see our patients improve. When I first read this article I was agitated at the fact that nurses werent even considered for a role in the Quality Alliance Steering Committee. Considering nurses play such a large rold in patient care and outcomes