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Elinora Gandelman1, Daniel Moran
1About the Authors Elinora Gandelman, PhD, RN, is the director of the Clalit Nursing Academy Campus Rabin (Dina), affiliated with the Department of Nursing, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel. Daniel Moran, is a professor, Department of Health Systems Management, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel. The authors thank Phyllis Curchack Kornspan for her editorial assistance. For more information, contact Dr. Gandelman at elinorag17@gmail.com.
Aim:
The purpose of this study was to examine the attitudes of nursing students regarding nurses' involvement in health care policy and influencing factors.
Background:
Nurses have the potential to influence health care policy. In practice, their involvement in policy-making decisions has been unremarkable.
Method:
A cross-section study was performed. A self-report questionnaire measuring nurses' involvement in determining health care policy was distributed among 400 nursing students from three universities in Israel.
Results:
Most students intended to become involved in determining health care policy; however, they claimed that their level of awareness and training in the field was not adequate. Recently, a new model predicted a 74.8 percent involvement of future nurses in determining health care policy.
Conclusion:
Nursing leaders and designers of nursing education programs must create professional and personal resources through political activism among nursing students in order to preserve patients' rights and treatment quality.
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