What is the potential impact of nurses holding elected office? How might healthcare policy advocacy change if nurses are seated at the table?

Elected Office

What is the potential impact of nurses holding elected office? How might healthcare policy advocacy change if nurses are seated at the table?

For this Discussion, you will consider what it takes to run for an elected office, as well as explore what is at stake for nurses to run for these positions. You will identify nurses elected to public office, and you will consider the impact of these positions. How might learning about policy and advocacy pave the wave for a future as an elected official?

To Prepare:
Review resources about running for elected office.
Consider what it might take—including resources, manpower, education, money, etc.—to run for office.
Research nurses who have become elected officials.
Consider why nurses might consider running for office.
By Day 3 of Week 10
Post a response detailing the following:

What does it take to run for elected office? What are the resources you may need?
After determining what it takes to run for office, identify an elected official that is a nurse (anywhere in the world), and then provide an introduction, with a picture, for this official.
Finally, explain why running for office is important for nurses to consider.
By Day 6 of Week 10
Read a selection of your colleagues’ posts. Respond to at least two of your colleagues on 2 different days by supporting or expanding on the ideas identified by your colleagues or sharing additional perspectives on the issue described by your colleagues.