A nurse discusses with legislators the importance of passing legislation to ban smoking in all pub-lic places. Which of the following is the nurse becoming involved in?
a. Policy
b. Politics
c. Law
d. Health policy
ANS: A
Politics is the art of influencing others to accept a specific course of action. Therefore political activities are used to arrive at a course of action (the policy). Policy is a settled course of action to be followed by a government or institution to obtain a desired end. Law is a system of privileges and processes by which people solve problems based on a set of established rules. Health policy is a set course of action to obtain a desired health outcome for an individual, family, group, community, or society.
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