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1Decker Endowed Chair in Community Health Nursing, Binghamton University, State University of New York, Binghamton, NY, USA.
Nursing Science Quarterly
|December 1, 2025
Summary
Nurses utilize their specialized knowledge to create innovative community policies. This approach fosters meaningful change and improves policy development, implementation, and maintenance.
Area of Science:
- Nursing
- Community Health
- Health Policy
Background:
- Nurses possess a distinct disciplinary knowledge base.
- This knowledge empowers nurses to play a key role in policy development.
- Innovation is crucial for community well-being and co-creating change.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore the role of nursing knowledge in policy innovation.
- To apply Parse's (2021) community change concepts to policy processes.
- To enhance the improvement, implementation, and maintenance of community policies.
Main Methods:
- Conceptual exploration of nursing's role in policy.
- Application of Parse's community change theory.
- Analysis of innovation within policy cycles.
Main Results:
- Nursing knowledge is foundational for innovative policy creation.
- Community engagement is vital for effective policy development and implementation.
- Parse's concepts provide a framework for understanding community-driven policy change.
Conclusions:
- Nurses are integral to driving policy innovation through their unique knowledge base.
- Integrating community perspectives enhances policy relevance and sustainability.
- A theoretical framework aids in navigating policy improvement, implementation, and maintenance.
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