A nurse would like to be involved in promoting change in health care policies.Which of the following statements would be accurate as applied to this goal?

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The nurse can become a member of a health planning council, a concerned citizen's group, or an advisory group to a local legislator or to a state health department grant task force.In this capacity, the nurse's responsibility is to inform the other committee members.Because nurses have firsthand experience with many community needs, they are in a good position to speak out and inform others.While advanced education is valuable in developing expertise, there is no minimum required education to advise legislators either directly, i.e., on a one-to-one basis or indirectly, as a member of an advisory group.Lobbying is an appropriate activity for nurses and many lobbyists for health care issues are, in fact, nurses.

A Nurse Would Like to Be Involved in Promoting Change