Nursing Global Conference

Knowledge of health care legislation holds the key in the lives of nurses who are engaged in the practice of policy reform. Other legislative changes would be Medicare, Medicaid, and patient's bill of rights, which affect practice as well as outcome for nurses. With this understanding of legislative change, nurses can find out just how much they value the role that policies play in their everyday practice and the care they give to others. Nurses can involve themselves in comment periods for public viewing, the legislative hearing, and the discussion of policies, which add their expertise into decision-making processes. Besides, informed nurses can educate other nurses and even the patients on how policies can help them while trying to find their way out of the complexities involved in healthcare systems.

Apart from advocating and educating, nurses engage in the policy implementation and reform process. Whether this concerns health equity, care accessibility, or cost control, reform is always strictly associated with the skills and competencies nursing professionals have. Nurses: Leaders of Quality Improvement Projects Nurses work in interdisciplinary teams for reform; pursue initiatives toward health access. Because of involvement with efforts toward reform, nurses contribute to creating patient-centered, efficient, and responsive healthcare systems for diverse populations.

Best Practices in Nursing Involvement in Healthcare Policy and Reform

Best practices involving nursing in healthcare policy and reform are discussed within this session. Techniques of effective advocacy, understanding legislation, and influencing change are included in this section. It describes roles such as professional nursing organizations, strategies involved in the formation of a strong advocacy network, leadership, and importance to policy change. Thus, using these guidelines, nurses can influence decisions related to policies, enhance quality healthcare, and accelerate a more balanced healthcare system.

These guidelines will guide the action for the concerned nursing care providers concerned about healthcare reform and policy in playing an activating role for the positive change and advocating policies that help advance the welfare of the patients and healthcare providers.