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Politics is often a forbidden word in nursing; however, it is a process that every nurse is engaged in on a daily basis. When defined as the process of making decisions applying to members of a group, specifically to achieve and exercise positions of governance, politics involves all nurses. In addition, leadership increasingly is identified as an advanced practice nursing competency. Participation in policymaking is a core element of leadership. Leadership aptitude implicitly suggests obtaining expertise to navigate the sometimes murky and ill-defined atmosphere of politics and political negotiating. This chapter begins by suggesting stages of acquired levels of political engagement for nurses. Chapter content continues on to describe skills that nurses can acquire and use in the political process to become effective in influencing policymaking and policy decisions.
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Schober, M. (2017). Politics: The Art of Diplomacy and Negotiation. In: Strategic Planning for Advanced Nursing Practice. Advanced Practice in Nursing. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48526-3_5
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