Perry Cheryl, Emory Jan
1 Eleanor Mann School of Nursing, 3341 University of Arkansas, Fayetteville , AR, USA.
Policy Polit Nurs Pract. 2017 Aug;18(3):158-165. doi: 10.1177/1527154417734382. Epub 2017 Oct 4.
Nurses are one of the largest groups of policy stakeholders in the health-care workforce, yet their influence on policy is not necessarily commensurate with their numbers. Since 2011, grassroots action coalitions have emerged to advance the profession's impact on health-care policy. In one state, a partnership among professional nursing organizations, policy stakeholders, and academics resulted in educational presentations focused on political advocacy knowledge and skills. The goal of this project was to bring awareness to nurses and nursing students about their potential contributions to the political and advocacy processes that shape health policy. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of focused educational presentations in correcting misconceptions, increasing awareness, and providing clarification of the roles of advanced practice registered nurses, and identifying related policy implications. This quasi-experiment used a retrospective pre-post intervention self-evaluation tool administered immediately following an educational presentation. The sample ( N = 137) consisted of baccalaureate nursing students and licensed nurses. The results showed ( p < .001) that education could have a significant improvement in political advocacy participation.
护士是医疗保健劳动力中最大的政策利益相关者群体之一，然而她们对政策的影响力未必与其人数相称。自2011年以来，基层行动联盟不断涌现，以提升该职业对医疗保健政策的影响力。在一个州，专业护理组织、政策利益相关者和学者之间的合作促成了以政治宣传知识和技能为重点的教育讲座。该项目的目标是让护士和护理专业学生认识到他们对塑造卫生政策的政治和宣传过程可能做出的贡献。本研究的目的是确定重点教育讲座在纠正误解、提高认识、阐明高级执业注册护士的角色以及识别相关政策影响方面的有效性。这项准实验使用了一种回顾性干预前后自我评估工具，在一次教育讲座后立即进行评估。样本（N = 137）包括护理学本科学生和持牌护士。结果显示（p <.001），教育可以显著提高政治宣传参与度。
