Nurses' Political Involvement: Responsibility Versus Privilege

Factors effecting on involvement of nurse leaders in policy making for nursing in Iran: a qualitative study

“…Results of a study by Salsali et al (2009) on organizational factors affecting knowledge transfer into practice in Iranian nursing context depict that ineffectual organizational structure especially hierarchy of authority was one of the barriers to knowledge transfer into practice. Boswell et al (2005) also verify that, the sense of powerlessness is one of the barriers to nurses' participation. In addition to the healthcare system structure, the concept of interdisciplinary teamwork in Iran has not been defined and there isn't an integrated and acceptable concept in all disciplines.…”

“…Iranian Nursing Association (INA) is the other nursing NGO in Iran and according to one of the participants; it has been eight years since its last election. As mentioned before, in the study by Boswell et al (2005), two main barriers were suggested for weak participation of nurses, one of which was referred to. The second major obstacle according to Boswell et al (2005) is weakness in participation in nursing organizations.…”

“…As mentioned before, in the study by Boswell et al (2005), two main barriers were suggested for weak participation of nurses, one of which was referred to. The second major obstacle according to Boswell et al (2005) is weakness in participation in nursing organizations. He believed that participation in nursing organizations guaranteed professional nursing, and professional nursing possible entering nurses into policy making.…”

“…They believed that nursing education in Iran was not eligible for training nurses who could be powerful to benefit from macro policies of the healthcare system in future and be effective in formation or could change those policies. Boswell et al (2005) also suggested two major barriers for nurses' participation in policy making; one of these two barriers is nursing curriculum framework that keeps away nurses especially from social activities in the healthcare services. Also Conger & Johnson (2000) in a study on the impact of nursing education methods on political participation of nurses concluded that nurses' education in all three undergraduate, master and doctoral degrees was weak.…”

Nursing and the barriers to sustainable health care: a literature review

“…Nurses in the US avoided topics pertaining to global warming due to political controversy (Polivka et al, 2012), and Dunphy (2014) found health professionals avoiding global warming due to fear of ostracism, lack of understanding, experience and authority on the topic. Boswell et al (2004) describe a pandemic nursing apathy towards politics supressing any actions deviating from social norms. Lorenzoni et al (2007) found the UK public perceived 'green living' as undesirable and labels such as 'weird' and 'hippy' were assigned.…”