LEGISLATIVE PROCESS AND HEALTHCARE LOBBYING Erica Easley Ohio University As nurses we strive to always practice in the best of our ability. One way that that we can further our efforts is to utilize our voice through health-care lobbying. The best approach to health-care lobbying is to first understand the legislative process. Consequently the purpose of this paper is to distinguish the legislative process as well as convey the benefits of health-care lobbying to not only the workers
The Legislative Process and Healthcare Lobbying The use of embryonic stem cells for research has been a controversial issue for many years. There have been benefits and risk toward the use of stem cells. The purpose of this paper is state the argument of both sides, how laws are brought into act, the position the state of Florida legislation has against using embryonic stems cells, how nurses can benefit being a health care policy advocate, and the position I chose in regards to fetal stem cell research
Legislative Process and Healthcare Lobbying End of life issues involving education on palliative care and hospice; are these issues important to you and your loved ones? The purpose of this paper is to discuss end of life care and how the legislative process affects this important topic. As the American population keeps growing, so does the amount of an aging population. Is the amount of training and education in nursing school sufficient for palliative care and hospice? Do we need to provide more
united by the belief in the dignity and worth of workers and the services they provide and dedicated to improving the lives of workers and their families and creating a more just and humane society”(SEIU 2013). The SEIU is an interest group engaged in lobbying strategies to influence policy relating to labor issues and social
Lobbying & Anticipated Obstacles According to Milstead, “success in the legislative arena is much like a three-legged stool, with each leg essential to the sturdiness of the stool as a whole” (Milstead, 2013, p. 53). Professional lobbyist, grassroots lobbyist, and money make up the legs of the stool. Effective influencing and persuasion would determine the success of this proposed policy. The three legs of lobbying can be used with obesity advocacy. “Building trusting relationships, demonstrating
Legislative Process The legislative process is a series of steps taken to help change bills into laws that govern our society. The process is in place so that society can have a say in which laws are passed. This is a look at the way this process works and can be used to develop laws that support the health care system. In this paper I will discuss a topic that I feel very strongly about;abortion. There are pros and cons to every choice and bill that is presented to the government.
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to evolve (Ghadirian, Salsali, & Cheraghi, 2014). Professionalism in nursing encompasses a broad spectrum of core values and characteristics expected of each and every professional registered nurse. As one of the largest and most respected healthcare professionals (Maryland & Gonzalez, 2012), nurses are held to explicit standards first introduced almost 200 years ago. Florence Nightingale, often seen as a pioneer of nursing professionalism, was pivotal in reforming the profession of nursing
Issues and Trends Since the inception of the Nurse Practitioner (NP) role in the 1960s, NPs have thrived in the delivery of primary healthcare and nurse case management. Despite patient satisfaction with NPs ' style of care, nurses have been critical of NPs, while physicians have been threatened by NP encroachment on MD practice. Balancing assessment, diagnosis, and treatment with caring defines NPs ' success as primary care providers. Understand the role and Scope of Practice of NPs is sometimes
become law, it usually, takes up to two years or longer. However, with the right people and or lobbyist to back these ideas for the low-income neighborhood, a desirable outcome will prevail. Leg Three: The Role of Money The position of money in the legislative field cannot be exaggerated. Most decrees that have been passed involved an up seen amount of money from parties and special interest groups (Milstead, 2013). Therefore, money does play a vast role in forwarding matters to the vanguard on the political