Sign Up Now
Get instant access to over 1 million+ study documents
OR
Already registered? click here to login
By creating your account, you agree to our terms of service, privacy policy and student honor code.
Nurses and Elected Office
Any elective office has a set of qualifications that aspirants must meet. Higher offices have higher qualifications, while lower ones may have only basic requirements. For instance, to be elected as US president, one must be a natural-born US citizen, must have resided in the US for not less than fourteen years, and aged at least 35 years. To be elected into the United States House of Representatives, one must have been a citizen of the US for at least seven years, be not less than 25 years of age, and be a resident of the state they represent (US House of Representatives, n.d.). Election into the state senate and representative positions differ across states. In Washington State, for instance, elected representatives must be aged at least 25, be registered voters in the state, and must have been US citizens for not less than 7 years (Washington State, n.d.).
Besides meeting the constitutional requirements, a person seeking elective office needs the human resources to carry out an effective campaign (Pitsker, 2019). Depending on the position, these may include a campaign manager, finance director, a fundraising coordinator, and a volunteer coordinator. These are the people responsible for knocking on doors, placing phone calls, preparing mailers, setting campaign policies, booking press conferences, and preparing speeches, among other things (Pitsker, 2019). One will also need finances for attending trainings and boot...…health policy by sponsoring and co-sponsoring bills and legislative amendments. Further, having more nurses in elected positions means that bills focused on social justice, disease prevention, public health, and supporting the role of nurses enjoy more political support. Secondly, nurses are trained to be undertanding, empathetic, and compasionate (Lake, 2020). They take time to listen to their patientsconcerns and give the supports needed to ensure they live healthy and long lives. Like Ms. Bernice, they are known to advocate for public health, equality in healthcare, housing, education, and other issues that promote social justice and well-being (Lake, 2020). Their training empowers them to focus on the needs of others, which places them in a good position to serve their communities selflessly.
Nursing associations could assist nurses…
References
Lake, D. (2020). Nurses: Call to action to run for an elected office, lessons from a state Senate candidate. Journal of Nursing Administration, 50(7), 372-74.
Nursing Theory (2020). Eddie Bernice Johnson, Congresswoman. Nursing Theory. https://nursing-theory.org/famous-nurses/Eddie-Bernice-Johnson.php
Pitsker, K. (2019, November 26). How to run for local office. Kiplinger. https://www.kiplinger.com/article/business/t043-c000-s002-how-to-run-for-local-office.html
US House of Representatives (n.d.). Constitutional qualifications. Author. https://history.house.gov/Institution/Origins-Development/Constitutional-Qualifications/
Washington State (n.d.). Elections. Author. https://www.sos.wa.gov/elections/descriptionsofelectedoffices.aspx#:~:text=Representatives%20must%20be%20at%20least,Representatives%20serve%20two%2Dyear%20terms.
https://ebjohnson.house.gov/
Nurses' employment Nurses are very important to the nation just as much as they are to their employers. Their work should be treated with a lot of respect for they deal in a highly sensitive area that touches life. Their employers are supposed to treat them with respect that they deserve for they work best where there is a favorable working condition that is free from stress from the employers as
Nurses working the late shift (3-11, or overnight, 11-7) are subject to negative impacts due to physical and mental health issues. This paper delves into those issues for nurses and provides scholarly reference information detailing those health matters. Nursing and Shift Work Sarah Bills explains that about 4.6% of American employees work the 3:00 P.M. To 11:00 P.M. shift and 3.5% of workers are at work from 11:00 P.M. To 7:00 A.M.
Nurses use the nursing process in the promotion of health, reduction of risk as well as management of disease in their daily lives. Yildirim and Ozkahraman (2011,p.257) noted that the nursing process has for along time been an integral component of the nursing practice. This is because it has been employed in problem solving exercises while thinking of plan of care as the very foundation for the professional practice in
Nurses and Ethics of Code Regardless of what institution or department a person is in, there would be violation of the laws in the workplace. Healthy workplaces basically contribute to the job satisfaction of all the people who are working there. Let alone job satisfaction, it leads to and actually affects patient safety. (Browne, 2009) Now many scholars and experts are looking into the ethics of a workplace and how they
Nurses Ethical Leadership There are myriad valid definitions and descriptions of leadership in society, and in the healthcare field there are important leadership styles of substance. Nurses, a vitally important component of the healthcare field, must be trained in leadership skills but also nurses must have a vision of ethical leadership to go along with their hands-on day-to-day leadership skills. Ethics in Nursing Leadership -- Key Concepts For the nursing field, it is
The Angel Learning information reflects the fact that nurses were very young (as young as 16 years) in WWI, and that many women volunteered to join the Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) and served with all military units. But although through their bravery and competencies during WWI had a major impact on nursing, the war that shaped the nursing profession more than any other was WWII. The great needs for medical