A bill has been submitted to the State House of Representatives that is designed to reduce the cost of health care by increasing the patient-to-nurse ratio from a maximum of 2:1 in intensive care units to 3:1.The nurse realizes that

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Nurses can influence policy decisions at all governmental levels.One way is to get involved in ANA's national efforts,such as Nursing's Agenda for the Future: A Call to the Nation.This effort is critical in exerting nurses' influence early in the political process.Nurses need to become serious students of social needs,activists in influencing policy to meet those needs,and generous contributors of time and money to nursing organizations and candidates to help legislate conditions that are likely to produce the best care possible.

A Bill Has Been Submitted to the State House of Representatives