Priority setting and policy advocacy by nursing associations: A scoping review and implications using a socio-ecological whole systems lens

MacDonald, Jo-Anne; Edwards, Nancy; Davies, Barbara; Marck, Patricia; Guernsey, Judith Read

doi:10.1016/j.healthpol.2012.03.017

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“…Priority setting is an important process for nursing professional organizations to consider as it involves activities that identify which health service issues should receive priority, which nursing issues require urgent attention, and who as patients need immediate attention over others. Our finding is consistent with other authors who identified that there is limited research evidence on the priority setting activities identified by professional nursing associations and the factors that influence these decisions which could affect how well nursing associations implement their organizational mandates and goals (MacDonald et al, 2012;Mitton, Patton, Waldner, & Donaldson, 2003;Peacock, Mitton, Bate, McCoy, & Donaldson, 2009). Likely, many professional nursing organizations undertake one or more processes to support priority setting but do not describe these on their organization's website.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 92%

Nursing Professional Organizations

2014

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Nurses have great potential to contribute to the development of health policy through political action. We undertook a systematic website review of international-and national-level professional nursing organizations to determine how they engaged registered nurses in health policy activities, including policy priority setting, policy goals and objectives, policy products, and mechanisms for engaging nurses in policy issues. We reviewed 38 organizations for eligibility and 15 organization websites met our inclusion criteria. Six professional nursing organizations had comprehensive websites with a discussion of specific policy goals and objectives, policy-related products and mechanisms for nurses to become engaged. Future research is needed to evaluate how nursing professional organizations establish policy priorities and to evaluate the effectiveness of the strategies used to politically engage nurses.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 92%

Nursing Professional Organizations

2014

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“…It could be used to inform the development of theoretical frameworks and research to understand leverage points (or trigger points) and blockages to guide public policy choices and actions at varying points in time (MacDonald et al, 2012). Structural changes at the system-level could greatly impact on human activities and consequently lifestyle behaviors and health throughout the life course (Coad et al, 2013;Grueter et al, 2012).…”

Section: Anthropocene Eco-epidemiology and Socio-ecosystem Epidemiologymentioning

confidence: 99%

Ecosystems and human well-being in the transition towards green engineering and economy

Shiue

2015

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“…When a nursing organization's incapacity to fulfill the mandates of more than one of the three pillars becomes detrimental or oppositional to advocacy work (MacDonald et al. ), organizational leaders must understand and deeply respect the synergistic nature of their respective mandates and beware of the dangers of organizational imperialism. Collaboration and vision based on shared values and interests among leaders of nursing organizations will chart the course for nursing's exceptional capacity to exert a constructive influence on human health and health equity globally.…”

Section: Themes Of Convergencementioning

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Evolving trends in nurse regulation: what are the policy impacts for nursing's social mandate?

2014

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We recognize a paradox of power and promise in the context of legislative and organizational changes in nurse regulation which poses constraints on nursing's capacity to bring voice and influence to pressing matters of healthcare and public policy. The profession is at an important crossroads wherein leaders must be well informed in political, economic and legislative trends to harness the profession's power while also navigating forces that may put at risk its central mission to serve society. We present a critical policy analysis of the impact of recent regulatory trends on what the International Council of Nurses considers nursing's three 'pillars' - the profession of nursing, socioeconomic welfare of nurses and nurse regulation. Themes surfacing from this analysis include regulatory discontinuity, a tightening of regulatory control, and an increasingly managerial governance culture. These themes illuminate insights and strategies required to renew and revitalize the social mandate of our profession amidst a climate of urgency in the questioning of nurse scholars with respect to the future of the profession. At this historic juncture, nurses must clearly understand the implications of legislative and organizational regulatory changes to ensure the profession contributes to full capacity in achieving health and health equity globally.

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Priority setting and policy advocacy by nursing associations: A scoping review and implications using a socio-ecological whole systems lens

Cited by 25 publications

References 92 publications

Nursing Professional Organizations

Nursing Professional Organizations

Ecosystems and human well-being in the transition towards green engineering and economy

Evolving trends in nurse regulation: what are the policy impacts for nursing's social mandate?

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