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THE ROLE OF THE RN/APRN IN POLICY EVALUATION
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Nurse in policy evaluation
Hi Dustin,
I agree with your post because you have explained the role of RN and APRN in policy making. I think nurses must be involved in the process of policy making because they have direct contact with the patients. They know the issues and complications faced by patients from deeper perspectives. It is thus important to take their views for making practical policies that could work for the overall wellness of the patients CITATION Saf17 \l 1033 (Layeb, Jmal, Aissaoui, & Mansour, 2017). I believe that nurses are capable of taking professional roles by implementing the policies, which would enhance the overall quality of healthcare.
I agree that the knowledge and experience of nurses can be used for making better policies, which could address the neglected areas. Nurses can explain the difficulties encountered by patients during receiving treatments such as delays in response from the nurse. Therefore, it will be a better approach to involve them in this process of policy making. RN/ APRN can also make suggestions such as increasing the number of nurses for providing best quality services CITATION RCh12 \l 1033 (Swanson, et al., 2012). They can also highlight weaknesses of the healthcare systems such as removing unfavorable conditions or elements of stress for the nurses. RN when involved in the policy-making can understand how they must use it in the clinical environment. This will have positive impact on the nurses because they would be able to work with more confidence. I feel that professionals like RN who are part of the healthcare organizations must be given opportunity to participate in the decision-making process. I also think that policy makers who lack nursing experience cannot make a policy which in the best interest of RN. The benefits will be numerous including exploration of unnoticed issues.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY Layeb, S., Jmal, Y., Aissaoui, N., & Mansour, F. Z. (2017). Application of Value Stream Mapping in Charles Nicolle Hospital’s emergency department: current state and future opportunities . Conference: Tunisia-Japan Symposium on Science, Society and Technology .
Swanson, R. C., Cattaneo, A., Elizabeth Bradley, Chunharas, S., Atun, R., Abbas, K. M., et al. (2012). Rethinking health systems strengthening: key systems thinking tools and strategies for transformational change. Health Policy Plan , 27 (4), 54-61.
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