Nur415 Week 10 Discussion: Appointments

Step 1: Reflect on your personal views related to nurses’ being appointed to boards, organizations or other policy forming entities.

Step 2: Post a response to the discussion board by addressing the following questions:

  1. Why would a nurse want to seek an appointed position in government?
  2. How would you prepare for consideration to an appointed position?
  3. Use research and give examples of how nurses in various appointed positions  can affect public policy .

Cite any sources in 7th ed. APA format.

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Response Posts: In your responses to your classmates, contribute to the discussion with your own original opinions about why a nurse would seek an appointed position in government and offer other examples of how nurses can affect public policy.