How can nurses communicate their positions to help influence policy?
1. Ongoing representation on policy-making committees.
2. Committees or boards.
3. Lobbying.
4. Making new laws at the state level.
5. Meeting with people in positions of influence
a. 1, 2, 4
b. 1, 2, 5
c. 1, 2, 3, 5
d. 1, 2, 4, 5
ANS: C
Nurses can communicate their positions to help influence policy through:
? Ongoing representation on policy-making.
? Committees or boards.
? Lobbying.
? Making submissions.
? Meeting with people in positions of influence
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