spheres of Nursing

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Four Spheres of Political Action in Nursing
Community
The influence of nurses in communities is extensive particularly in health care and social policy. The field has a substantive history in community activism as seen by former nursing professionals such as Harriet and Dorothea Dix. They offered advisory services concerning dangers of Tobacco and the need to have clean air in the environment. Nurses influence the communities through identification of the problems, mobilization for support and advocating for changes (Mason et al., 2016).
Workforce and Workplace
Nurses work in clinics, schools, hospitals, military services, health agencies, and hospitals. All these areas are political. Since resources are inadequate, nurses’ work to influence enough allocation of funds from the government.
Government
The government plays a vital role in influencing nursing practice and nursing. It formulates policies which affect the lives of all and provides funding for prenatal care, inspection of food, controls schools, constructs highways and regulates information transmitted on air. In the nursing arena, it determines the extent of professional activities that are considered to fall into the field of nursing (Mason et al., 2016).
Interest Groups and association
The existing nursing associations influence the practice of nursing. The professional associations contain legislative committees which campaign for policies which support members. An example is the American Nephrology nursing association which pinpoints advocacy as paramount in strategic planning.

All these spheres are interconnected, the government being the overall overseer of the nursing activities, it sets a solid ground through employing nurses to various clinics and forming laws upon which the nursing activities are controlled (Teitelbaum et al., 2016). The citizens directly feel the laws sets by the government for the nurses. Through this, a cycle of dependence is created as each section depends on another. Some of the ethical considerations applied here are confidentiality and transparency.

Reference
Mason, D., Leavitt, J. K., & Chaffee, M. W. (2016). Policy & politics in nursing and healthcare. St. Louis: Saunders ELSEVIER.
Teitelbaum, J. B., & Wilensky, S. E. (2016). Essentials of health policy and law. Jones & Bartlett Publishers.