For the nurse interested in impacting public policy regarding healthcare consumerism, which involvement and activity is recommended?
1. Joining nursing associations.
2. Participating in Internet chat and blog sites.
3. Reading health-related stories and articles in popular magazines and newspapers.
4. Encouraging individual patients to formulate and submit their healthcare needs directly to their insurance companies.
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Explanation: 1. Large professional organizations, such as nursing associations have programs, data, consultants, and lobbyists that can impact public policy most effectively and powerfully.
2. The general Internet tends to be unreliable as a source of information and the multitude of websites is scattered and chaotic in its effect on the public and upon political figures.
3. Popular magazines and newspapers would not support this nurse's need to become politically active as much as joining a professional organization.
4. Nurses can best advocate for their patients in public and political arenas by direct and concerted involvement and action.
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