University of Scranton

Nursing 241

Political Action in Nursing

October 19, 1998
Faculty: Margarete Lieb Zalon, PhD, RN, CS

Advocacy role of nurses:
    Workplace
    Government
    Organizations
    Community
Consumers' role in the health care system
Nature, characteristics and development of professional nursing

Professional nursing organizations

Links for Political Action

How to Write to Your Congressmen
Finding Your Legislators
Biographical Information
Legislative News from the American Nurses Association

Professional Organizations
American Nurses Association
Pennsylvania State Nurses Association
Advocacy Groups

Other Nursing Resources
American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
American Association for the History of Nursing
American Association of Nurse Anesthetists
American College of Nurse Midwives
AMSO Capitation: An Open Forum
Canadian Association  for the History of Nursing
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Health Policy Central   (reviews of current health legislation)
History of Medicine
Information about Florence Nightingale
Information about elected officials, positions, etc.
Intergovernmental Health Policy Project
International Council of Nurses
Latex Allergies
Medication Error Prevention
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
National Council of State Boards of Nursing
National League for Nursing Research and Policy Prism
NewsPage-Health Insurance and Managed Care (newspaper articles on health insurance and   managed care) I
NURSENET
NursingNet  Nursing Theory
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Online Journal of Nursing Issues
Workplace Violence: site for physical injury as well as horizontal violence inflicted by co-workers
 
 

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