All nurses should be involved in developing health-care policy. Which of the following is an example of this?
A. Becoming involved with a collective bar-gaining group
B. Aligning closely with a specific legislator interested in policy making
C. Spearheading a health curriculum change in public education
D. Attending political group meetings where solutions for health-care issues are deter-mined
ANS: D
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A Incorrect because becoming involved with a union is not an example of being in-volved in health-care policy.
B Incorrect because being aligned with a legislator interested in policy making does not make one a health-care policy devel-oper.
C Incorrect because changing a health cur-riculum does not equal developing health-care policy.
D Correct because if one is involved in groups that determined solutions for spe-cific health-care problems, one is devel-oping health-care policy.
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