02 Sep Compare U.S. presidential agenda priorities
• Compare U.S. presidential agenda priorities
• Evaluate ways that administrative agencies help address healthcare issues
• Analyze how healthcare issues get on administrative agendas
• Identify champions or sponsors of healthcare issues
• Create fact sheets for communicating with policymakers or legislators
• Justify the role of the nurse in agenda setting for healthcare issues
The Policy Process © 2018 Laureate Education, Inc. 1 The Policy Process Program Transcript [MUSIC PLAYING] FEMALE SPEAKER: What do you think of when someone says policy? Do you think legislation? Perhaps you think politics. Or perhaps you think of specific policies that impact you and your role in health care. Regardless of which thoughts come to mind, policy has an enormous impact on health care. And hence, an enormous impact on you and your work. Politics is the mechanism by which policy is made. Politics is the art of influence, of convincing someone of your position. As a professional, you can be part of the process. Your stories about your own personal experiences can have an important impact on defining problems and finding solutions. In fact, unless you’re part of the process and contribute your expertise and voice to problems that require government attention, others who may know little about the problems or solutions will formalize the solutions into laws or regulations that you will subsequently have to live with. By studying federal and state levels of policy and the policy process, you can help assure that the expertise you own as a nurse can be communicated to policymakers and their staff. So moving forward, perhaps the next time you hear the word policy, your thoughts will turn to your own involvement in important policy decisions and development. . The Policy Process Additional Content Attribution
