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Politics, power, and predictability of nursing care
Author(s) -
Groenwald Susan L.,
Eldridge Carole
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
nursing forum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.618
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1744-6198
pISSN - 0029-6473
DOI - 10.1111/nuf.12377
Subject(s) - politics , power (physics) , predictability , health care , work (physics) , nursing , health policy , political science , public relations , psychology , public administration , medicine , law , mechanical engineering , physics , quantum mechanics , engineering
This article explores the role of politics, power, and the use of data in arenas from hospitals to governments, analyzing how multiple stakeholders, including nurses, influence policy development. As the largest health profession in the world, nurses can wield great power when they work collaboratively with others and use evidence about health care outcomes to enact important changes in health policy.