The four major areas of political action in nursing are
a. the workplace, the government, profes-sional organizations and the community.
b. the workplace, the educational institu-tions, professional organizations and the community.
c. the government, professional organizations and the state regulators, community boards.
d. the government, the community and nurs-ing boards, education board.
ANS: A
There are four major arenas of political action in nursing: the workplace, the government, profes-sional organizations, and the community.
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