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Review Chapter 5 of the text, "Taking Action - Just Say Yes: Learning to Move Beyond the Fear," and respond to the following questions:

1. How does the chapter relate to what you understand or have learned about policy and politics in nursing and healthcare?

2. Can you give a specific example in your current clinical practice that would benefit from nursing advocacy to change policy?

3. What do you hope to accomplish in your professional nursing practice to improve the quality of healthcare?

The purpose of this discussion is to promote dialogue and allow you to demonstrate your achievement of the course objectives. In addition to answering the questions above, we expect you to:

1. Discuss the historical and contemporary framework for policy development in healthcare and summarize the political influence on healthcare.

2. Recall the levels of government contributing to healthcare policies, legislative and regulatory processes, political appointments, legal and regulatory entities in which professional nurses can provide influence.

3. Describe major components of the healthcare system that address increased quality and decreased cost while improving overall population health.

4. Examine current policies and politics in the healthcare workplace, including how the workforce is impacted, how reimbursement reform is influenced, resulting mergers, and quality is assessed utilizing informatics and technology.

5. Discuss how global health is inseparable from community and national health concerns when considering communicable diseases, multicultural issues, population health, family health, family violence, emergency preparedness, and disaster response.