Des Jardin K E
AORN J. 2001 Oct;74(4):467-75; quiz 476-9, 481-2. doi: 10.1016/s0001-2092(06)61679-7.
Political apathy in the nursing profession can be attributed to numerous factors, including a lack of knowledge of the political process and public policy formation, feelings of powerlessness, and a perceived ethical conflict between professional values and political involvement. Nursing as a profession has arrived at a prestigious point in development where the word "nurse" now is synonymous with the words "patient advocate," thus giving the specialty an important image to fulfill. The public, however, will not recognize nurses as patient advocates until they begin to champion public health and social issues at the Institutional, community, and national levels. Numerous changes in health care delivery methods, together with politicians' increased involvement in health care development, have left nurses in a precarious position even though nurses are the largest group of health care workers in the United States. In this article, the first of a two-part series, the lack of knowledge of the political process and feelings of powerlessness in the nursing profession will be examined, along with their effects on political involvement among nurses.
护理行业的政治冷漠可归因于众多因素，包括对政治进程和公共政策形成缺乏了解、感到无力，以及认为专业价值观与政治参与之间存在道德冲突。护理作为一门职业，已发展到享有声望的阶段，如今“护士”一词已成为“患者权益倡导者”的同义词，这赋予了该专业一个重要的形象去实现。然而，在护士开始在机构、社区和国家层面倡导公共卫生和社会问题之前，公众不会将护士视为患者权益倡导者。尽管护士是美国最大的医护人员群体，但医疗保健提供方式的众多变化，以及政治家对医疗保健发展的更多参与，使护士处于不稳定的境地。在这篇文章（系列文章的第一篇）中，将探讨护理行业对政治进程缺乏了解和感到无力的情况，以及它们对护士政治参与的影响。
