NR 506 Healthcare PolicyNR 506 Healthcare Policy
Week 1, TD1 The Four Spheres of Political Action in Nursing. Please discuss the four spheres of
political action in nursing. In addition, please develop a brief argument
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NR 506 Healthcare PolicyNR 506 Healthcare Policy
Week 1, TD1 The Four Spheres of Political Action in Nursing. Please discuss the four spheres of
political action in nursing. In addition, please develop a brief argument sharing how these
spheres are interconnected and overlapping by applying an example from your practice.
Nursing should not consist of only the monotonous tasks completed to provide basic
patient care, but rather nursing today is multidimensional where nurses are responsible for the
protection, promotion, and prevention of disease or injury for individuals, families, communities,
and population. For this reason, nurses have the opportunity to become politically involved
impacting and improving the level of care that they are able to provide. According to Chaffee,
Mason, & Leavitt (2014), the four spheres of political action in nursing include workplace or
workforce, government, professional organization, and community. Each of these sphere
have their own independent functions, but they can also overlap and affect the other sphere
working together to create changes. Workplace sphere addresses issues regarding jobs and
patient care, as well as influencing policies and procedures. It can be in any setting like acute
care, home care, nursing homes, school based clinics, occupational health clinics, and
physician’s office. Government sphere addresses laws and regulations regarding practice, as
well as influencing local, state, and national policies. Government actions can consists of laws
requiring to keep birth records, immunizations, legal establishment of drinking age, laws
determining what health services people are eligible for at certain age. Government has grown
bigger and centralized, which plays a important role in nursing. Government also influences
systems for healthcare, and nursing service, and determines who receives what type of health
services.
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