Nurse’s Participation in Policy Development
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Choose a legislator on the state or federal level who is also a nurse and discuss the importance of the legislator/nurse’s role as advocate for improving health care delivery. What specific bills has the legislator/nurse sponsored or supported that have influenced health care.
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Congresswoman Lauren Underwood is a nurse legislator at the federal level elected in 2018 from Illinois District. Lauren studied policy and politics in nursing and healthcare at the University in Michigan and has two masters’ degrees in public health and science in nursing (Collins, 2019). Lauren is a public health nurse and an advanced practice nurse. The position of Lauren in Congress is important for improving health care delivery because she focuses on introducing policies that affect health service delivery, cost, and nurses’ practice. Wichaikhum et al. (2020), notes that…
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