You have been a staff nurse for 5 years. One of your goals has always been to become more politically involved. Which of your roles has had the least impact on your achieving that goal?
a. Voted and wrote members of congress and state legislators
b. Participated as a member of a professional nursing organization
c. Ran for a political office and served society as a whole
d. Educated patients about their medications before discharge
D
Educating patients about their medications before discharge is a role of the nurse as an educator, not a
political role. All other answers are political roles for nurses, and they come under the categories of
nurse as an individual, nurse as a citizen, nurse as an activist, and nurse as a politician.
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